There is ample evidence illustrating that the health of a woman and her newborn baby are intimately connected. We know that:
most maternal and newborn deaths are caused by the mother’s poor health before or during pregnancy or due to inadequate care in the critical hours, days, and weeks after birth
when a woman dies in childbirth, her newborn baby is less likely to survive
Recent research conducted by Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta and colleagues at the Aga Khan University in Karachi, Pakistan confirms what we already know, and goes one step further: it identifies which maternal and newborn health interventions benefit both mother and newborn.
via A Closer Look at the Interconnections: Healthy Mother, Healthy Newborn » Maternal Health Task Force.
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