Most maternal deaths in sub-Saharan Africa could be avoided

Monday, February 22, 2010 - 12:28 in Health & Medicine

More than 500,000 women die each year worldwide due to complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth. Half of these women live in sub-Saharan Africa. A research team from the King Juan Carlos University (URJC) in Madrid says these women are not dying as a result of any illness, but rather from a lack of basic healthcare measures...

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