DHAKA — Maternal deaths have fallen to their lowest recorded level, a new survey shows, with seven in ten births now attended by skilled providers — double the figure from a decade ago.
Officials credit 3,000 newly deployed midwives and maternity waiting homes near remote hospitals.
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