2M Babies, Mothers Die At Birth, Study Says

[The Straight Story]

2M Babies, Mothers Die At Birth, Study Says
Childbirth Deaths Outnumber Child Deaths From Malaria, HIV/AIDS


JOHANNESBURG -- More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria and HIV/AIDS, according to a study.

The study, released Tuesday at the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics world congress being held in Cape Town, also showed that such deaths could be easily avoided.

"The world will continue to miss the unheard cry of the 230 babies who die every hour from childbirth complications," unless there is better planning and implementation of policies, according to the study.

Some 1.02 million babies are stillborn and another 904,000 die soon after birth. By comparison, 820,000 children die from malaria and 208,000 die from HIV/AIDS worldwide.

About 42 percent of the world's 536,000 maternal deaths also occur during childbirth, according to the study. Deaths in Africa and South Asia account for three-quarters of the maternal and infant deaths.

The research was led by Save the Children, the Gates Foundation and Johns Hopkins University with investigators from a dozen countries. It was published in the October edition of the federation's journal.

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Ah, but let us spend millions of dollars each year to 'save' the unborn from the

evil 'liberals', not on providing prenatal care and doctors to women around the world.

[get the red out]

2. "Life of the Mother"

I just got a flash of John McCain spitting out the phrase "Life of the Mother" angrily during one of the debates like it was the most inconsequential thing on the planet, as if such a meaningless thing shouldn't even rate discussion.

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. And despite our healthcare system's sucky rating, such deaths are

exceedingly few in the US, because many of them can be forestalled by termination of a dangerous pregnancy before the fetus comes to term.

Our abortion laws SAVE lives.