For millions of women worldwide, childbirth still carries life-threatening risks. Every two minutes in 2020, a woman died in pregnancy or labour, amounting to a global death toll of around 287,000 women that year. Most of those deaths occurred in low and middle-income (LMIC) countries. Most could have been prevented.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham are developing lifesaving interventions for two major causes of maternal mortality: postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) and unsafe caesarean sections. Their solutions could radically improve women’s chances of surviving childbirth in the LMICs, saving thousands of lives annually.

Read about their work: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/202...