21. Dr. Schiavon stated that ensuring access to, and consistent procurement of, reproductive and neonatal health commodities was essential to ensuring human rights including the rights to health and life. Although maternal mortality rates had dropped significantly since 1990, 289,000 womenhad still died from causes relating to maternity in 2013, and there were significant disparities in mortality rates between regions. Worldwide 41 per cent of pregnancies were unwanted, and most of them were due to non-use or underuse of contraceptives. Lower contraceptive use correlated with higher rates of abortion. Reducing unintended pregnancies could avert 60 per cent of maternal deaths and 57 per cent of child deaths. Although access to contraceptives had increased, inequities remained both within and between States. Diverse challenges and barriers prevented equal access to potentially life-saving drugs for women, including ideological opposition to certain medications, such as emergency contraception and misoprostol (oral oxytocic) recommended for a variety of obstetric uses. She advocated evidence-based guidelines and
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