Yang Chongrui | |
|---|---|
 Chongrui in 1928 | |
| Born | 1891 |
| Died | 20 July 1983 |
| Citizenship | China |
| Education | Peking Union Medical College Johns Hopkins University |
| Medical career | |
| Sub-specialties | Obstetrics Women's Health |
Yang Chongrui (Chinese: 杨崇瑞; pinyin: Yáng Chóngruì), also known as Marion Yang,[1] was a Chinese obstetrician who is credited with modernising women's healthcare in China. Her contributions to the field of obstetrics and her training of midwives and nurses led to a significant decrease in deaths relating to pregnancy. Between 1949 and 1954 the percentage of women dying through childbirth dropped from 0.7% to 0.05%, while infant mortality was reduced from 11.7% to 4.6%.[2][3]
- ^ Rodriguez, Sarah Mellors (2023). Reproductive realities in modern China : birth control and abortion, 1911-2021. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-009-02733-5. OCLC 1366057905.
- ^ Zhao, Liangfeng. "Yang Chongrui: Pioneer in China's Modern Obstetrics". All-China Women's Federation. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "1983年7月20日 我国妇幼卫生事业的拓荒者——杨崇瑞逝世" [July 20, 1983 Pioneer of MCH in Our Country - The Death of Yang Chongrui] (in Chinese). People's Daily. Retrieved 10 November 2017.