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Mothers and Children:
Make Them Count

(Final)


Latin America and the Caribbean have made great strides in improving maternal and child health. Regionwide, both maternal and child mortality have declined significantly in the last half-century.

Yet significant differences remain between and within the countries. Bolivia, for example, has a maternal mortality rate of 230 per 100,000 live births,10 times higher than Chile's rate. Within Bolivia,maternal mortality ranges from 124 deaths per 100,000 live births in valley areas to 352 per 100,000 in rural areas populated primarily by indigenous people.


The Millennium Development Goals call for reducing child mortality by two-thirds and maternal mortality by three-quarters throughout the world by 2015. The challenge for the Americas is to improve access to and quality of health care for children and mothers in every community, every country, and every region.To achieve these goals, PAHO is promoting the IMCI strategy for child health and a regional strategy to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. Together with other international and national agencies, professional associations, academic institutions, and nongovernmental organizations, PAHO is working to ensure that, throughout the Americas, every pregnancy and birth is safe and every child has the chance for a healthy life.

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