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Pp. 225-229 Emma Derbyshire [Abstract] [Full Text Article] General Articles Why Do Mothers Die? The Silent Tragedy of Maternal Mortality Pp. 230-238 Pascale Baraté and Marleen Temmerman [Abstract] [Full Text Article] Control Policies and Interventions Focusing on Malaria in Pregnancy Pp. 239-246 Elaine Silva Miranda and Claudia Garcia Serpa Osorio-de-Castro [Abstract] [Full Text Article] Abstracts [Back to top] Editorial: Challenges on the Improvement of Global Maternal Health Jose M. Belizan In this issue a striking article by P. Baraté and M. Temmerman gives valuable information about the silent tragedy of maternal mortality worldwide showing that the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, i.e. reduction of maternal mortality, is the most “off track” goal of the MDGs. These authors mentioned that since the launch of the Safe Motherhood Initiative in 1987, most of the appalling statistics on number of maternal deaths have remained relatively unchanged for 20 years; according to facts, w