Maternal mortality in Mexico

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dc.contributor.advisorAngel, Jacqueline Loween
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWard, Peteren
dc.creatorGutiérrez Pita Padilla, María Fernandaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-30T18:09:15Zen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-30T18:09:20Zen
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-11T22:20:46Z
dc.date.available2010-11-30T18:09:15Zen
dc.date.available2010-11-30T18:09:20Zen
dc.date.available2017-05-11T22:20:46Z
dc.date.issued2010-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2010en
dc.date.updated2010-11-30T18:09:20Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractMaternal mortality is an important public health problem in Mexico. Although the Mexican government has invested many physical and economic resources to strategies specifically created to reduce this problem and reach the Millennium Development Goals, Mexico is not going to achieve this goal on time. Maternal Mortality is a problem of inequality and social injustice. Access to health services is unequally distributed among regions and among population within those regions. Despite a general decline in childbirth deaths worldwide, differences still exist depending on the level of urbanization and size of residence. Because of extreme inequality in Mexico, pregnant women living in rural and highly marginalized areas face the highest risk of dying for maternal causes. The main strategies Mexican government has adopted to reduce maternal mortality target the unsecure, rural and poor population, with the aim of closing the significant gap between geographic regions and social groups.en
dc.description.departmentPublic Affairsen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1434en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectMaternal mortalityen
dc.subjectMexicoen
dc.subjectHealth care accessen
dc.titleMaternal mortality in Mexicoen
dc.type.genrethesisen

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