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When a woman dies from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth she often dies unnecessarily. But more than half a million women in the developing world die each year under such circumstances and millions more suffer temporary and permanent disability and illness.
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Senanayake, P. (1992). Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries. In: Bromham, D.R., Dalton, M.E., Jackson, J.C., Millican, P.J.R. (eds) Ethics in Reproductive Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1895-4_8
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