A year ago around 90 percent did. Also,more women receive care before giving birth than ever before, and more midwives are present at births.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Skilled birthing attendants are present at 25 to 30 percent of births in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

"What you've got here is a legal issue and a political issue and both of those are very much in play at the present time,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

At present,there are pockets in areas of Haiti and the U.N.security forces are working with the Haitian national police to address those pockets as they arise.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19

"At present these are not really implemented in that manner in many countries."

VOA: standard.2009.11.02