African childbirth deaths

This requires action.

It's old news, but I was shocked when I read it recently.  African women are 175 times more likely to die in childbirth than women from western nations and have a 1 in 16 chance of dying in childbirth.  Since many women deliver alone or with unskilled attendants, so better access to skilled health care workers and emergency care are required.

Chance of death in childbirth and pregnancy:

• Sierra Leone, Afghanistan: one in six
• Angola, Malawi, Niger: one in seven
• Nepal: one in 24
• Pakistan: one in 31
• India: one in 48
• Malaysia: one in 660
• China: one in 830
• US: one in 2,500
• South Korea: one in 2,800
• Britain: one in 3,300
• Japan: one in 6,000
• Sweden: one in 29,800