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Global fertility rates to decline, shifting population burden to low-income countries
Most of the world's live births will be occurring in poorer countries, according to a study.
Thu Mar 21 2024
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Live births in Malaysia drop 3.0 pct in third quarter of 2022
In a statement today, DOSM said male babies outnumbered female babies with 56,572 births as compared to female babies (52,825 births).
Tue Nov 08 2022
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Maternal mortality cut by almost half in 25 years: UN
However, only nine countries have achieved the targets set by the UN, a report by UN agencies and the World Bank said Thursday.
Thu Nov 12 2015
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Malaysia succeeds in reducing maternal death rate
The government had also set a target to further reduce the rate to only 11 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births by 2015.
Sun Jun 30 2013