(15 seconds) Every minute a woman dies from complications of pregnancy. For every woman who dies, 20 or more are injured or disabled. The Population Council designs and evaluates cost-effective programs to make pregnancy safer.

For more information, visit popcouncil.org/now. (listen)

(30 seconds) Women living in sub-Saharan Africa are 175 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than women living in developed regions of the world. The Population Council designs and evaluates cost-effective programs to make pregnancy safer. Recent projects in Ghana and Pakistan have shown that it is possible to significantly reduce maternal deaths in the developing world.

For more information, visit popcouncil.org/now.
Population Council: Research that makes a difference (listen)

(60 seconds) Women living in sub-Saharan Africa are 175 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than women living in developed regions of the world. For every woman who dies, 20 or more are injured or disabled. The United Nations has set a Millennium Development Goal of a three-quarters reduction in maternal deaths by the year 2015. The Population Council is helping to meet this goal by designing and assessing cost-effective programs to make pregnancy safer.

By rigorously evaluating promising safe motherhood interventions under real-life conditions in Ghana and Pakistan, we have shown that it is possible to significantly reduce maternal deaths in poor areas of the developing world. Now we are working to expand these programs in these countries and others.

For more information, visit popcouncil.org/now.
Population Council: Research that makes a difference (listen)