Recently, the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) issued its 2009 State of the Worlds Children Report, which focus on maternal and neonatal health. UNICEF says that in eastern and southern Africa, women face a 1 in 29 risk of maternal death compared with 1 in 8,000 in industrialized countries. Now, UNICEFis helping pregnant women in Uganda. It hopes to deliver clean hospitals with free antenatal and postnatal checkups at a cost that locals can afford.
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