http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2009/09/sarah-ferguson-and-the-life-saving-prime-minister/ Tales from the front line of our work to eradicate poverty worldwide. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:16:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2009/09/sarah-ferguson-and-the-life-saving-prime-minister/comment-page-1/#comment-25772 Nepal: Maternal Health Care Challenges :: Elites TV Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:05:03 +0000 http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/?p=2529#comment-25772 [...] Sarah Sanyahumbi, head of British development organization DFID’s Nepal division posted about the Duchess’ Nepal visit in the organization’s blog. Sanyahumbi says maternal health care in Nepal is not up to the mark but things are improving. “…despite all the challenges in this country, there has been really good progress on this issue and the numbers of women dying in childbirth has fallen by nearly half. But still, every four hours in Nepal a woman dies due to pregnancy and/or childbirth complications, and 6 in 100 children will not see their fifth birthdays…..”. [...] [...] Sarah Sanyahumbi, head of British development organization DFID’s Nepal division posted about the Duchess’ Nepal visit in the organization’s blog. Sanyahumbi says maternal health care in Nepal is not up to the mark but things are improving. “…despite all the challenges in this country, there has been really good progress on this issue and the numbers of women dying in childbirth has fallen by nearly half. But still, every four hours in Nepal a woman dies due to pregnancy and/or childbirth complications, and 6 in 100 children will not see their fifth birthdays…..”. [...]

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