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Reducing maternal mortality in Tanzania’s Kigoma region

In Kigoma region in north-east Tanzania, access to quality health services for pregnant women can be constrained by distance, cost, unreliable diagnostic equipment, and inadequate transportation to referral hospitals. However, despite these constraints, the region has recorded a sharp decline in maternal deaths, from 102 in 2022 to 76 in 2023 per 100 000 live births in health facilities. 

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