Video

If It’s Not On, It’s Not Safe

December 2, 2015

Ugandan musicians promote condom use to save lives. Read more about this hit music video.

News

“If It’s Not On, It’s Not Safe”: Ugandan musicians promote condom use to save lives

30 November 2015

Ugandan musician GNL Zamba, Jody Phibi, Jazmine Lydia, Ray Signature and Big Trill in the music video for "If It's Not On, It's Not Safe." © Reach a Hand Uganda

Media Advisory

UNFPA Report Describes Impact of Crises on Women, Adolescent Girls

24 November 2015

News

Empowering girls to take a stand against violence, abuse

25 November 2015

Violence against women takes place in every country and community in the world. Syrian women participate in a session on gender-based violence in Damascus. © UNFPA Syria/Hamada Smesem

News

Acceptance of family planning grows in Afghanistan, but myths linger

23 November 2015

Nargis, a midwife, provides family planning counselling in Herat, Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan/Ahmadullah Amarkhil

International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa 2015

29 November - 04 December 2015

Rainbow Towers Hotel & Conference Centre, Harare, Zimbabwe

News

Young motherhood threatens girls in rural Cambodia

18 November 2015

Seila, 16, is pregnant with her first child. She dropped out of school to work on her family's farm in Tbong Khmum Province. © UNFPA Cambodia

News

Safe haven for girls living on the streets of Côte d'Ivoire

17 November 2015

News

Majority of maternal deaths take place in crises and fragile conditions

13 November 2015

Rose Yangu, a refugee from South Sudan, after safely giving birth in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda. UNFPA supports safe deliveries in emergency situations. © UNFPA/Eveyln Kiapi

Publications

Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2015

Estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division

Number of pages: 98

Publication date: 12 November 2015

Author: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division

The global maternal death ratio fell by 44 per cent between 1990 and 2015. The total number of maternal deaths around the world dropped from about 532,000 in 1990 to an estimated 303,000 in 2015. This equates to an estimated global maternal death ratio of 216 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, down from 385 in 1990.

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