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On the 27 April 2010 Sierra Leone launched free healthcare for pregnant and breastfeeding women, and children under 5. This mother and baby are part of a crowd of 200 people queuing at 8am for a Children's hospital to open.
Many women are not so fortunate to have access to free healthcare. More than a third of a million women die every year from complications during pregnancy and childbirth. For every woman that dies another 20 women suffer from chronic ill-health or disability. India accounts for 20% of all maternal deaths and a woman in India has a 1 in 70 lifetime risk of dying as a result of pregnancy and childbirth. Niger has lower numbers of maternal deaths, with 2.6% of global maternal deaths, but a much higher risk. For example, a woman in Niger has a 1 in 7 lifetime risk of dying as a result of pregnancy and childbirth.
Visit <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Global-Issues/Emerging-policy/Reproductive-maternal-newborn-health/">www.dfid.gov.uk/rmnh</a> to find out how the UK is helping improve reproductive, maternal and newborn health in developing countries.
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current | 08:57, 6 January 2017 | 2,304 × 3,072 (1.93 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>On the 27 April 2010 Sierra Leone launched free healthcare for pregnant and breastfeeding women, and children under 5. This mother and baby are part of a crowd of 200 people queuing at 8am for a Children's hospital to open. </p> <p>Many women are not so fortunate to have access to free healthcare. More than a third of a million women die every year from complications during pregnancy and childbirth. For every woman that dies another 20 women suffer from chronic ill-health or disability. India accounts for 20% of all maternal deaths and a woman in India has a 1 in 70 lifetime risk of dying as a result of pregnancy and childbirth. Niger has lower numbers of maternal deaths, with 2.6% of global maternal deaths, but a much higher risk. For example, a woman in Niger has a 1 in 7 lifetime risk of dying as a result of pregnancy and childbirth. </p> <p>Visit <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Global-Issues/Emerging-policy/Reproductive-maternal-newborn-health/">www.dfid.gov.uk/rmnh</a> to find out how the UK is helping improve reproductive, maternal and newborn health in developing countries. </p> |
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