Combating maternal mortality in China: experience, challenges and opportunities

摘要

Since the People's Republic China founded,especially over the last 15 years,maternal mortality rate (MMR) has fallen dramatically.In 2014,China has achieved the target of a reduction of 75％ MMR from 1990 to 2015 (MDG5) ahead of schedule.This achievement can be attributed to the improvement of legislation and policy,government commitment and investment on maternal health,extensive international cooperation,implementation of the maternal health program,development of maternal and child health (MCH) service system and development of MCH surveillance systems.Although China has achieved MDG5,there are many kinds of difficulties and challenges in achieving the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Therefore,multi-strategy actions need to be considered to seize the opportunities to further reduce the MMR in the future.