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A new study found that the number of mothers dying during or after childbirth in developing countries has dropped by over 35% in the past 30 years. The study estimated that maternal deaths fell worldwide from over 500,000 in 1980 to around 343,000 in 2008, a rate of about 250 deaths per 100,000 live births globally. The researchers attributed this progress to greater efforts to reduce maternal mortality, including more education for women, increased hospital births, and lower fertility rates combined with h

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Santiago Aluas

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