Newsnet: Saving babies and mothers

In October, I wrote a post about the tragic toll of maternal and neonatal mortality and lamented that a UNICEF study on this crucial issue did not get the media attention it deserved.

I was therefore heartened, and pleasantly surprised, to discover that UNICEF's new annual flagship report " which also focuses on the health of mothers and babies and which was released earlier this week " has elicited a relatively robust round of coverage from a range of news outlets. Read these articles from Agence France Presse, Associated Press, BBC, Reuters, United Press International, and Voice of America. The Washington Post ran a story that included this quote from U.S. Fund for UNICEF President Caryl M. Stern: "To save children's lives, we need to address the health of their mothers " it's that simple. There is an inextricable link between maternal and infant survival.