title: [The Millennium project of the United Nations, particularly the worldwide reduction of childhood and maternal mortality].
abstract: This year (2005) marks a pivotal moment in the achievement of the so-called Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the United Nations. This article pays attention to 2 of the 8 MDGs, namely those pertaining to childhood and maternal mortality. A number of aspects are of crucial importance to the reduction of childhood and maternal mortality: reduction of the number of (unwanted) pregnancies, worldwide access for women to high-quality healthcare services including prenatal care, care during delivery and postnatal care, and improvement of the referral systems. The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the outcome of pregnancy is discussed separately.
authors.affiliation: Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, afd. Obstetrie en Gynaecologie, Hanzeplein I, 9713 GZ Groningen. jelle.stekelenburg@wanadoo.nl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stekelenburg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D046688:Child Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D008428:Maternal Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014480:United Nations