Committee: Commission on the Status of Women Topic Area A: Maternal Health Country: Argentina
School: High School Affiliated to Shanxi University Delegates: Ruixin Bai
Recently, proving maternal health has been paid much more attention by most governments for maternal mortality is a human rights issue and an unequivocal expression of the economic, social and cultural disadvantages that women experience.1 Most maternal deaths occur in developing countries and a large proportion of these deaths are avoidable. Argentina’s government strongly endorses that it is significant for us to take both long-term and short-term effect on this issue. As it did in the case of Argentina, we have already taken strong measures to avoid preventable labor-related complications and decrease maternal mortality. Under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Argentina has agreed to reduce maternal mortality by 75 percent by 2015.We found that between 1980 and 2006 child mortality dropped by 61 percent in Argentina, while maternal deaths were reduced by 32 percent, and the maternal mortality rate has remained basically steady over the past few years. In fact, in 2008 there was only one death less than the 2001 total of 297 .。2
In the near future of developing maternal health, Argentina’s government is going to make legislation for the Right to Safe, Legal and Free Abortion. The draft law would make first-trimester abortion legal on demand, and would make free abortions available in public health centers. It would also extend the time frame for legal abortion in cases of rape, risk to the mother's health, or severe fetal malformations
1. Althabe O, Vinacur P, Althabe F. [Remarks and technical notes]. In: Althabe O, Vinacur P, Althabe F, eds. [Maternal
mortality in Argentina]. Buenos Aires: Ministry of Health; 1987
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Silvina Ramosa, Ariel Karolinskib, Mariana Romeroc, Raúl Mercerd ； A comprehensive assessment of maternal deaths in Argentina: translating multicentre collaborative research into action；2008