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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Inaction on maternal and newborn deaths is ‘morally wrong’, Gates Foundation CEO warns

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The lack of action to tackle deaths of newborn babies and women during childbirth is “morally wrong” and is “robbing society of its future”, the chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has warned.

A new report by the charity has outlined seven basic measures needed to address the main causes of maternal and newborn deaths, which they say could save the lives of 2 million women and newborns by 2030.

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