# Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM) Roadmap · id `maternal:roadmap-epmm` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `c7fb95f1d15a7d13` (public) > General information from published sources, not medical advice, and not reviewed by clinicians. Check the cited source before relying on anything here. The atlas's own text and curation may be reused under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/): credit the atlas, and do not use it commercially. See the atlas About page. Text quoted from a source stays under that source's own terms, given as the source's reuse\_basis. The atlas's reuse terms do not cover it. The downloads list each quotation with its source in third\_party\_quotations. Browse, life stage: Pregnancy; Childbirth; Postpartum Browse, care area: Recovery after birth ## In plain language A 2015 WHO strategy for ending preventable maternal deaths. It sets a global target of fewer than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births on average by 2030, and says no country should have a ratio above 140 by then. It is a plan with targets and strategies, not a record of what was achieved. ## Technical summary WHO global strategy dated 25 February 2015 (ISBN 978-92-4-150848-3), read from the English PDF. Targets: by 2030 all countries should reduce the maternal mortality ratio by at least two thirds from their 2010 baseline, with an average global target below 70 per 100 000 live births and a supplementary national target of no more than 140. It proposed a major interim milestone for 2020, which this record does not follow up. A 2025 WHO analysis of causes of maternal death says maternal mortality is not on track to meet Sustainable Development Goal target 3.1, a global ratio below 70 per 100 000 livebirths by 2030. A claim records the targets; the 2030 date is a target, not an event, so it is not held as a milestone. All rights are reserved on the PDF; only short quotations are used. ## Claims, with the population each applies to ## Context: Global and national maternal mortality ratio targets for 2030, WHO EPMM strategy (2015) Recipient: Maternal; Population: All countries and the world average: targets for the maternal mortality ratio (maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) by 2030, set from 2010 baseline levels.; Care setting: Not applicable: strategy targets; Geography: Global (WHO strategy); Life stage: Pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period; Gestational age: Not reported; Postnatal age: Not reported; Follow-up: Targets for 2030, with a proposed interim milestone for 2020 ### WHO's 2015 strategy toward ending preventable maternal mortality says that by 2030 every country should cut its maternal mortality ratio by at least two thirds from its 2010 baseline level. The world average target is a ratio below 70 per 100 000 live births by 2030, and a second target says no single country should be above 140 per 100 000 live births. The strategy also proposes a major interim milestone for 2020. - Category: Description - Evidence stage: Guidance - Certainty: Certainty not assessed - Applies to: Recipient: Maternal; Population: All countries and the world average: targets for the maternal mortality ratio (maternal deaths per 100 000 live births) by 2030, set from 2010 baseline levels.; Care setting: Not applicable: strategy targets; Geography: Global (WHO strategy); Life stage: Pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period; Gestational age: Not reported; Postnatal age: Not reported; Follow-up: Targets for 2030, with a proposed interim milestone for 2020 - Limitations: These are targets set in 2015, not results. A 2025 WHO analysis of causes of maternal death says maternal mortality is not on track to meet Sustainable Development Goal target 3.1, a global ratio below 70 per 100 000 livebirths by 2030. The strategy's 2020 interim milestone was not followed up here. The PDF reserves all rights, so only short quotations are used. - Last checked: 2026-10-15 - Sources: 1. Supports: Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM) (Publication, edition Global strategy, 2015. The who.int page date, 25 February 2015, and the WHO IRIS record 10665/153544 (issued 2015-02-25) agree. The English PDF was read from IRIS (bitstream 3000d5f4-bf9d-490c-83f9-d5afc4f5634d).) Locator: Targets for maternal mortality reduction post-2015, Global targets. Retrieved 2026-10-15T13:54:24Z. Source state: Current. Snapshot hash: 20bf12ce304186f6102e4df4939d320e5581c156c91c248fae45a8391f36dcf6. How it applies: WHO strategy PDF; short quotation. 2. Supports: Strategies toward ending preventable maternal mortality (EPMM) (Publication, edition Global strategy, 2015. The who.int page date, 25 February 2015, and the WHO IRIS record 10665/153544 (issued 2015-02-25) agree. The English PDF was read from IRIS (bitstream 3000d5f4-bf9d-490c-83f9-d5afc4f5634d).) Locator: Targets for maternal mortality reduction post-2015, interim milestone. Retrieved 2026-10-15T13:54:24Z. Source state: Current. Snapshot hash: 20bf12ce304186f6102e4df4939d320e5581c156c91c248fae45a8391f36dcf6. How it applies: WHO strategy PDF; short quotation. 3. Background: Global and regional causes of maternal deaths 2009–20: a WHO systematic analysis (Publication, edition PMC Open Access subset full-text XML, from NCBI E-utilities, retrieved 2026-10-15.) Locator: Abstract, Background, sentence 1. Retrieved 2026-10-15T13:49:15Z. Source state: Current. Snapshot hash: 2f712a432be6d6473e6359a3e20b72b8ecae650a2ee625df222659f78ee5985d. How it applies: The 2025 WHO analysis says the world is not on track. ## Connected pages - The targets are for maternal deaths: Pregnancy-related death (maternal death) (`maternal:outcome-pregnancy-related-death`) - WHO strategy: World Health Organization (`maternal:who`) - Filed under this front: Care programmes and follow-up (`maternal:front-care-programmes-and-follow-up`) ## Provenance Content hash: c9b2cea02799284e93e7c58d24593b549e45f0469a776f15a2c9663942873954 Last substantive edit: 2026-10-15 Evidence last checked: 2026-10-15