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Papua New Guinea Experiencing 'Crisis In Maternal Health,' Government Task Force Says
"Decades of neglect, a failing health system and remote mountainous topography have created a 'crisis in maternal health,' according to a government taskforce in Papua New Guinea (PNG)," IRIN reports. "While progress has been made since the taskforce released its recommendations in 2009, some 250 women are still dying for every 100,000 live births, according to a 2008 inter-agency estimate," the news service writes, adding, "Maternal mortality rates in PNG doubled from 1996-2006, states the government's most recent national health survey."
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