Dying: Millions of women in childbirth, newborns and young children
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 12:35
in Health & Medicine
As G8 leaders prepare for a June meeting at which maternal and child health problems will take top priority, a new analysis details the extent of the problem today: 350,000-500,000 women die in childbirth each year, 3.6 million newborns fail to survive their first month, and an additional 5.2 million children die before age five.