Commitment title:

We are committed to reduce our maternal mortality

Commitment description:

We are committed to reduce our maternal mortality ratio to the SDG goal of 20 per 100,000 LB by 2030 and priorities are set to address the cause specific mortality and regional disparities. Coverage and quality improvement in health care and expansion of emergency obstetric care specifically targeting for vulnerable and marginalized women will be attended to achieve zero preventable maternal mortality

Commitment to be actioned in: Sri Lanka
Submitted from: Sri Lanka
Submitted by
Sri Lanka
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.