I'm Bissera Kostova.
Safe motherhood is a human right.
More than one woman every minute dies from this cause, known as maternal mortality. For example, more than three million infants die in the first week after birth from factors that are actually related to pregnancy and labour. These factors include poor maternal health and hygiene, lack of immunization against tetanus, inadequate care, inefficient management of delivery and lack of essential care for the newborn. This doesn't even include the three million pregnancies that end in stillbirths each year, and the threat to young siblings, whose chances of surviving to their fifth birthday drops by 50 percent if their mother dies. Literally, cut in half if their mother dies.