18:00, 28 January 2014 | GMT +5
Kazakhstan's maternal mortality dropped by 6.7% in 2013
ASTANA. KAZINFORM "Maternal death rates dropped the countrywide by 6.7% from 13.5 per 1, 000 live births in 2012 to 12.6 in 2013, Healthcare Minister of Kazakhstan Salidat Kairbekova told at today's board meeting in Astana.

"With due regard to the dynamic progress in reducing maternal death we will approach the European Union rates by 2020, the Minister assured.