| one |
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woman dies every 90 seconds due to pregnancy and childbirth-related complications -- the equivalent of three jumbo jets full of women crashing every day. |
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| 343,000 |
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women die in the process of becoming mothers every year, making maternal mortality a major human rights violation. |
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| 99% |
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of maternal deaths occur in the developing world. Sierra Leone has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world with 1 out of every 8 women dying during pregnancy or childbirth. |
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| 10 |
|
is the number of times more likely it is for an orphaned newborn to die in their first two years of life. |
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| 30 |
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women experience childbirth-related injury or infection for every one woman who dies in the process. |
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| 330,000 |
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midwives and trained birth attendants will be needed to cover the majority of births around the world by 2015. |
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| 60% |
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of women around the world deliver without the aid of a midwife or health professional, relying instead on untrained family and friends. |
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| 3/4 |
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of neonatal deaths around the globe are completely preventable through low-tech and low-cost solutions that are not widely available. |
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| $3 |
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per person per year is all it costs to provide basic maternal care in resource-poor countries where 43% of women and newborns never receive postpartum care. |
