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By Jill Moss Broadcast: October 27, 2003 This is Doug Johnson with the VOA Special English Development Report. A study finds that one out of sixteen women in Africa will die during 1)pregnancy or 2)ch
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – December 2, 2002: Afghanistan and Maternal Deaths By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Afghanistan has one of the highest death rates in the world am
As a new father, I quickly learned the true meaning of maternal instinct. Late one night, I was summoned to the hospital to attend to one of my patients. I quietly got up in the dark but tripped over
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 May 2006 The World Health Organization has unveiled a new approach for tackling the huge problem of maternal and child mortality. Each year, WHO estimates more than half a mi
Experts blame the lack of progress in maternal and child health on a severe shortage of doctors, nurses and midwives in the affected countries. Many countries with the highest mother and child death rates continue to fall short, a decade after pledgi
DEVELOPMENT REPORT – July 22, 2002: Maternal Deaths Study By Jill Moss This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Development Report. Each year, more than five-hundred-thousand women in develop
By Claudia Blume Hong Kong 14 May 2006 Makai, a 40-year-old Afghan woman, looks at her baby boy a few hours after giving birth at public hospital in Mazar-e-Sharif Families around the world celebrate
By Tendai Maphosa London 18 October 2007 A three-day conference on ways to reduce preventable deaths of newborns and women during pregnancy has opened in London. Tendai Maphosa has more for VOA from London. The Women Deliver Conference has attracted
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 03 December 2007 A U.N. representative says more women in India die during pregnancy or childbirth than in any other country in the world. The U.N. official says India must improve its public health system to cut the rate
By Tendai Maphosa London 20 October 2007 The three-day Women Deliver conference, which focused on maternal and infant mortality, ended Saturday in London. As Tendai Maphosa reports, the organizers and delegates hope it will give new momentum to effor
Maternal Health Poses Another Major Challenge for Somalia Two decades of civil war in Somalia have made the country one of the most dangerous places in the world for a woman to give birth. The World Health Organization says Somalia has one of the hig
By Fid Thompson Dakar 22 September 2009 The human rights group Amnesty International says the maternal health situation in Sierra Leone amounts to a human rights abuse. The small West African nation has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in
Worldwide, giving birth is far less dangerous than it was even two decades ago. A new report shows that maternal mortality, however, remains a serious threat - even in wealthy, industrialized nations. A report released by New York City's health depar
Despite data showing sharp declines in maternal mortality, half a million women still die every year in childbirth. In addition, three and a half million newborns die within the first 30 days of life. There's an effort to save these lives with proven
Joe DeCapua 27 April 2010 Sub-Saharan Africas maternal and child mortality rate remains high despite an overall worldwide reduction, according to The Lancet medical journal. About 350,000 women die annually from child-birth related accidents. As a re
Senegal Tests Controversial Maternal Health Drug A controversial drug that can save women from bleeding to death after delivery has shown promising results in trials conducted in Senegal. Everyday, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), an
Used Mobile Phone Campaign Improves Maternal Health The daughter of former U.S. President Bill Clinton and a former model helped to kick off a campaign in Washington Tuesday to collect 20,000 used mobile phones. The aim is to improve maternal and chi
The report issued by the WHO shows birth-related mortality declined by 34 percent during the past decade - from about 546,000 deaths in 1990 to an estimated 358,000 deaths in 2008. That is an annual rate of decline of about 2.3 percent. Although the
Ebola Linked to Higher Maternal Mortality The World Bank warns the Ebola deaths of hundreds of healthcare workers could cause maternal mortality rates to soar in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The disease has killed health workers at a higher rate
By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 16 September 2009 The United Nations says maternal and child mortality rates in the Asia-Pacific region are not improving fast enough because of poor access to reproductive health care. U.N. officials say more resources are