The International Development Committee announced an inquiry into Maternal Health on 6 June. The inquiry will examine how donors — particularly the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) — can support progress towards Millennium Development Goal 5.
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.
