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Women Deliver to take on maternal deaths |
| Published: August 15, 2007, 9:49 am |
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In sub-Saharan Africa, one in every 16 women will die in pregnancy or childbirth. In Afghanistan and Sierra Leone, pregnancy and birth complications kill one in every six women. To take on the millions of maternal deaths worldwide, the UN is backing a landmark global conference set to take place in London this October. At Women Deliver, more than 2,000 people will come together to strategize new ways to save women's lives and tackle other issues that impede women's access to care, such as poverty. Read more at UN Dispatch. [ Full article ] |
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