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Progress in reducing deaths during pregnancy and birth has 'flatlined'

More than 4.5 million pregnant women and babies die each year during pregnancy, childbirth or during the first few weeks of life – about one death globally every seven seconds.

A new U.N. report finds one pregnant woman or newborn dies every 7 seconds. (AN/Irwan @tweetbyirwan/Unsplash)

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