title: Improving maternal health to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a youth lens.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Protection and Promotion, WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. mahainir@emro.who.int
authors.forename: Ramez
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahaini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000351:Africa, Eastern / Q000453:epidemiology; D000352:Africa, Northern / Q000453:epidemiology; D005193:Family Planning Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D019083:Mediterranean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D010154:Pakistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014944:World Health Organization / Q000458:organization & administration*