Archive: Fri Jun 2013

By: Jacqueline Kingfield, World Health Partners In India, 212 out of every 100,00 women die in childbirth.  In Uttar Pradesh (UP), India’s largest state where over 200 million people live, this number is almost double – 359 out of every…

By: Alison Chatfield, Project Manager, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative Complications from pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of death for adolescents in much of the developing world, leading us to ask the question:…