These statistics are also essential to guide decision making in entities involved in program development andallocation of financial and human resources. The lack of reliable data on MM has created dif- ficulties in the evaluation of progress towards the Millen- nium Development Goals no.5 (MDG 5, http://www.undp .org/content/undp/en/home/mdgoverview.html), especially
in developing countries where MM rates are known to be high.