Maternal Mortality: A New Estimate for Pernambuco • Sandra Valongueiro, University of Texas at Austin

Do Women Respond to Expansions in Reproductive Health Care? • Elizabeth Frankenberg, University of California, Los Angeles

Trends and Inequalities in Access to Reproductive Health Services in Developing Countries: Which Services Are Reaching the Poor? • Emmanuela E. Gakidou, Harvard University ; Cecilia Vidal, Harvard University ; Margaret Hogan ; Angelica Sousa, World Health Organization (WHO) ; Brian Chin, Harvard University

Health Systems Challenges for Achieving the Millennium Development Goal for Maternal Health: Selected Indian States • Hafizur Rahman, Johns Hopkins University ; G. N. V. Ramana ; Eduard Bos