Africa - Voice of America: Checklist Improves Health Practices in Childbirth

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Checklist Improves Health Practices in Childbirth May 20th 2012, 23:27 More women die in the developing world from complications during pregnancy and childbirth than from any other cause, according to the World Health Organization.  But, a group of scientists thinks it can change that with the help of a simple paper checklist. "We know when they're dying – most deaths are clustered right around the time of birth for both moms and babies," said Jonathan Spector, a research scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, "and we know what they're dying ... Media files: 2D93BD9D-DF89-4C72-80FC-3F2DD5BC1F62_cx0_cy11_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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