The maternal mortality situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is dire:
In response to this crisis, the Regional Task Force for the Reduction of Maternal Mortality (GTR) is launching the “Zero Maternal Deaths: Prevent the Preventable” campaign, a call to action to join forces to accelerate maternal mortality reduction in Latin American and the Caribbean.
GTR members are the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), EE Agency for International Development (USAID), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank (WB), the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), the Latin American Federation of Obstetrics Societies and Gynecology, Fòs Feminista, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership.