Mothers Die Every Year at Birth?
October 17, 2009 by Dan
Filed under Parent's Advice
By Dr. Mercola 
Oct. 17, 2009
More than 2 million babies and mothers die worldwide each year from childbirth complications, outnumbering child deaths from malaria. The study also showed that such deaths could be easily avoided.
Some 1.02 million babies are stillborn and another 904,000 die soon after birth. By comparison, 820,000 children die from malaria worldwide. About 42 percent of the world’s 536,000 maternal deaths also occur during childbirth.
The report said that many of the deaths could be avoided with improvements in basic health care, and training for local health care workers to perform lifesaving techniques.
Sources: AOL News October 8, 2009