Timor - Leste é um de apenas nove países em que se estima que a taxa de mortalidade materna [TMM ] tenha reduzido mais de 75%, desde 1990: estes da dos foram revelados num relatório das Nações Unidas, publicado na semana passada na prestigiada revista médica The Lancet.

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