More than a thousand women a day die unnecessarily from pregnancy and childbirth – almost all of them in the developing world.
And vast productivity -- $15 billion a year -- is lost when these women die or get disabled as a result pregnancy or childbirth.
We know the steps it would take to prevent most of that death and disability. To improve the lives of women, children and communities.
Total cost = about $4.50 for each person in the developing world.
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We need to improve maternal and newborn care, and that would require more than doubling what we spend now. view chart
But if we spent more on contraception, and still gave mothers and newborns the care they need, the total costs actually go down. view chart
With 22 million fewer pregnancies, the cost of maternal and newborn care would shrink by $5.9 billion.
Meeting the need for both contraception and maternal/newborn care together would mean a savings of $1.5 billion compared to half measures.
And we could save hundreds of thousands of women.Prevent 70 per cent of abortions. Cut infant deaths by 44 per cent.
The benefits clearly outweigh the costs.
No matter how you add it up.
No matter how you add it up.
