Zambia's maternal mortality ratio is 728 per 100,000 live births, Health minister, Angela Cifire, has disclosed. Speaking yesterday (14 November 2006) when she received surgical and medical supplies to the department of obstetrician and gynaecology worth US$150,000 from UNFPA goodwill ambassador, Geri Halliwell, on behalf of the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Ms Cifire said it was Government's intention to expedite the health agenda for Zambia for it to be beyond reproach.