Kazakhstan's maternal mortality dropped by 6.7% in 2013

ASTANA. KAZINFORM "Maternal death rates dropped the countrywide by 6.7% from 13.5 per 1, 000 live births in 2012 to 12.6 in 2013, Healthcare Minister of Kazakhstan Salidat Kairbekova told at today's board meeting in Astana.

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"With due regard to the dynamic progress in reducing maternal death we will approach the European Union rates by 2020, the Minister assured.