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Zuellig foundation taps mayor power to improve rural healthcare system

By CHICKIE R. LOCSIN FOUR years ago, mothers were dying in the Philippines at the rate of 221 per 100,000 live births. Given that maternal mortality is a barometer of a country’s health system, those are disturbing numbers. The situation has improved and it is expected that by this year, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR)

Zuellig foundation taps mayor power to improve rural healthcare system