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Investing in More Midwives Could Help Save Lives, UN Study Finds

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted Jun 20th 2011 2:30PM

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Midwives don't only deliver babies, they can deliver health services to women, as well, something that could affect newborn and maternal deaths worldwide, the Associated Press reports.
According to the news ...United Nations study finds governments should support more resources for midwives.
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Sharp Drop in Maternal Deaths Worldwide

by Associated Press, Posted Apr 14th 2010 11:45AM

LONDON (AP) - The number of women dying in childbirth worldwide has dropped dramatically, a British medical journal reports, adding that it was pressured to delay its findings until after U.N. meetings this week on public health funding. A ...
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More Women May be Dying After Giving Birth

by Monique El-Faizy, Posted Mar 11th 2010 1:00PM

As if the raging health care debate needed any more fuel added to its fire, a recent study in California indicates that the number of women dying from childbirth may be on the rise, having almost tripled in that state over the past decade, reports ...
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