UNITED NATIONS, May 16 2012 (IPS) – The statistics have remained staggering: every two minutes, a woman dies of pregnancy and child birth-related complications caused primarily by severe bleeding, infections, high blood pressure and unsafe abortions.
A pregnant woman in Kenya s North Eastern Province with one of her children. Overpopulation in the area contributes to poor maternal health. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS
And 90 percent of maternal deaths occur in the world s 132 developing na…