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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Liz Cookman

How a small supplement pill could stop mothers dying during childbirth around world

Hundreds of thousands of women die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth every year, with the burden falling overwhelmingly on poorer countries as hard-won progress has slowed amid cuts to international aid.

A hidden factor driving these deaths is anaemia, a critical but overlooked contributor to severe postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), according to research from trials released earlier this year by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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