Brunei sees drop in maternal mortality rate


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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Xinhua): Brunei has achieved a substantial reduction in maternal mortality over the past two decades, the country's health minister has announced.

Brunei's maternal mortality ratio for 2018 to 2023 is in the range of zero to 32.4 for every 100,000 births, which is zero to two deaths per year, Mohd Isham Jaafar, the minister of health, said on Monday in conjunction with World Health Day celebration.

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