DFID produces the second progress report of its maternal health strategy `Reducing maternal deaths: evidence and action', which was launched in 2004. The report reflects work on maternal health at the country level including the countries where WCF works, Bangladesh, Malawi and Nepal, and in DFID’s Policy and Research Division.
Saving Lives
Up to half a million women and three million newborn babies die each year in pregnancy and childbirth or soon afterwards, the majority of them in Africa and South Asia. For every woman who dies at least twenty more suffer complications which leave them with lifelong disability and pain.
Our unique programmes are saving the lives of mothers and babies every day. We need you to help us to equip women with their most vital survival tool: knowledge.
