Amnesty International Urges Governments Worldwide to Step Up Efforts to Prevent Women's Deaths in Childbirth, Saying Recent Progress is Too Slow and T
New Report Shows Decline in Deaths, but One Woman Still Dies Every 90 Seconds; Most Deaths are Preventable(New York) -- Amnesty International today urged countries to urgently step up efforts to reduce the number of women dying in childbirth, saying while new United Nations figures show some progress toward reducing maternal deaths worldwide, the numbers remain too high to meet a key global target to save more lives.The number of women dying due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth decreased from an estimated 546 000 in 1990 to 358 000 in 2008, according to a report issued by