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FigureTableTable2Comparis<strong>on</strong> of 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2008 estimates of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> maternal mortality ratio,by selected countriesCountryEstimated MMR1990 1995 2000 2005 2008EstimatedMMRPercentagechange<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> MMRbetween1990 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>2008Annualpercentagechange<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> MMRbetween1990 <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>2008Myanmar 420 350 290 250 240 -43 -3.1Bangladesh 870 640 500 420 340 –61 –5.3Mak<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gprogressMak<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gprogressMaldives 510 240 110 52 37 –93 –14.6 On trackBhutan 940 650 420 260 200 –79 –8.6 On trackIndia 570 470 390 280 230 –59 –4.9Mak<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>gprogressSri Lanka 91 73 59 45 39 –58 –4.8 On trackSudan 830 780 770 760 750 –9 –0.5InsufficientprogressSource: World Health Organizati<strong>on</strong>, Trends <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2008: Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> The World Bank, Geneva: WHO, 2010.Figure4Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births), 1994-2005450400350300250200150100500420350290250 240105199019952000200520102015MyanmarSource: Trend of MMR2008 – Source: WHO, UNCEF, UNFPA& World Bank:2010sq km <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Ch<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> State 22 <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> western part of <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> country,which is still much less dense than its close neighbours <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> regi<strong>on</strong>. Thus, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> draft populati<strong>on</strong> policy documentof <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> government 23 calls for a pr<strong>on</strong>atalist populati<strong>on</strong>policy; to date <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>re is no family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g programmeper se <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> Myanmar. As menti<strong>on</strong>ed previously, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> term“birth spac<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g” is preferred over “family plann<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g” <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>c<strong>on</strong>traceptives are used primarily to space births for betterreproductive outcomes <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> maternal <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> child health.The term birth spac<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g is also preferred because it impliesgiv<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g healthy adult men <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> women a choice <strong>on</strong> howmany children <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y want <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> when <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>y want <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>m 24 .267

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