Commitment title:

Reduction in maternal mortality

Commitment description:

a. Reduce the maternal mortality ratio to 65 per 100,000 live births by 2022

Mode of engagement:
  • Programmatic action
    Plan Estratégico de Gobierno 2018-2022
Commitment to be actioned in: Honduras
Submitted from: Honduras
Submitted by
Instituto Nacional de la Mujer
Thematic area
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)
Commitment category

(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.