POST-PRESSER LINKS: Virtual press conference on Trends in maternal mortality 2000-2023, 04 April 2025 (embargoed)

No images? Click here Friday, 04 April 2025  All content embargoed until 00.30 CEST on 07 April 2025   POST-PRESSER LINKS FROM THE Virtual press conference on Trends in maternal mortality 2000-2023 The virtual press conference to discuss the findings of the new report, Trends in maternal mortality 2000-2023, was held today, 04 April.   Speakers were: Dr Bruce Aylward, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage - Life Course, WHO Dr Pascale Allotey, Director of the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, WHO Dr Jenny Cresswell, Scientist in the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research and the lead author of the report  The recording of the press conference (audio and video) and the media pack can be accessed here: https://who.canto.global/b/H10L6 The media pack contains: Advance copy of  the report Press release Q&A for journalists  Fact sheet: maternal mortality  Photography: https://photos.emro.who.int/galleries/710/media-package-trends-in-maternal-mortality-2000-to (Please register to download the photos, the registration link is included in the gallery) Soundbites by Dr Jenny Cresswell, Sexual and Reproductive Health Scientist, WHO: https://who.canto.global/b/GNBMH Extra archive footage on maternal health: https://who.canto.global/b/PJ2F1 About the report WHO is releasing Trends in maternal mortality 2000-2023 on behalf of the United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group.  The report will be released on World Health Day on 7 April, which this year is dedicated to maternal and newborn health. The report provides global, regional and country-level estimates for maternal deaths. As well as showing where these deaths are happening and varying levels of progress around the world, this will also be the first global report to capture the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal survival. Embargo on all content lifts at 00.30 CEST on 07 April 2025. Media contacts: mediainquiries@who.int   You are receiving this NO-REPLY email because you are included on a WHO mail list. If you have been forwarded this update you can click here to subscribe. Journalists may send feedback to WHO Media Team       Share    Tweet    Share    Forward  World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1202 Geneva 27, Switzerland  Preferences  |  Unsubscribe