In "Maternal Caress," a few simple lines express the deep love of a mother for her child.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

These cells around the outside form the interface, the placenta, where the maternal blood circulation meets the embryonic circulation and nutrients are passed back and forth that way in a very highly regulated and important way.

外层的细胞形成接触面,即胎盘,是母血与胎血,进行血液交换,及营养物质交换的场所,整个过程高度有序并且非常重要

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They say the progress is a result of greater efforts to reduce maternal deaths.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

From a global viewpoint [it's not only Cambodia a lot of countries have not made significant progress in terms of maternal deaths,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

For example, there may be a correlation between maternal mortality and Caesarean births, or so-called "C-Sections."

VOA: standard.2010.06.23

The figures in the two efforts reveal an anomaly: While Cambodia has succeeded in dramatically cutting the ratio of children who die each year, the maternal mortality figure has not dropped in a decade.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10