It is undisputed that the current status of maternal health around the world is in desperate need of social, economic, and political aid. Mostly centered around rural regions, maternal health and mortality continues to feel the impact of reduced government spending, lack of health care supplies, lack of education, women's social status, increase poverty, and lack of trained … [Read more...]

In comparison to China, Mongolia experienced a major shift from Soviet socialism to neoliberal reform. In 1990 Mongolia implemented its "shock therapy," a transition strategy characterized by price liberalization, less regulated international trade and investment, and reduction of the government's size. However, the economic reform backfired and conditions quickly … [Read more...]

We have examined how maternal health in China is deeply tied to political, economic, and social reform, but China is not alone. There are striking similarities between the status of maternal health in China and that in India and Mongolia. Eight-hundred women die every day from preventive causes related to child birth and pregnancy; ninety-nine per cent of these deaths occur in … [Read more...]

With all the medical and technological advancements that have taken place over the last fifty years, it is hard to understand the increasing severity of health-related deaths. Particularly within rural, lower income regions, access to health care is scarce, and the quality of the existing care is unsatisfactory at best. Unfortunately, the status of maternal health tends to drop … [Read more...]