Only about 50% of women in low-income countries complete the recommended series of four antenatal care visits with a doctor or nurse to detect risk factors and manage problems. About 40% of women in developing countries give birth without a skilled attendant, such as a midwife, on hand. And although most maternal and newborn deaths occur during childbirth or in the immediate postnatal period, fewer than 40% of women have a postnatal visit by a skilled health worker.
More than 350 000 women die each year in the developing world from complications of childbirth and pregnancy. As many as 2.6 million babies are stillborn annually, and 3 million of the more than 8 million children under five who die each year succumb in the first month of life. Most of these deaths are avoidable, but preventive measures and treatments simply do not reach poor and rural populations or are not designed in a way that makes them easy to use in underserved communities.
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