- The risk for maternal death is 1 in 150 women, as compared to 1 in 4000 in developed countries
 

- The goal is to reduce mortality to 102 for every 100,000 livebirths
 

- At the current rate, it is only possible to reach 164 by 2015
 

- Many free-public health services have been privatized
 

- 40% of regional hospitals lack obstetricians and standard policies that would address the leading cause of deaths (hemorrhage, infection, and eclampsia)
 

- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has recently,  made maternal health a priority

Improve Maternal Health