Maternal Mortality Still High In India, Study Shows

Deutsche Welle: India still grappling with maternal deaths
“…[A]bout 45,000 women … die every year during or soon after childbirth in India. … [The] story is a grim tale of death by sepsis in hospitals, which is the third leading cause of maternal mortality in the nation…” (Vaidyanathan/Narayan, 5/13).

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