Health ministers from around the world have agreed that swift action must be taken to reduce the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth.
At the UN Population Fund meeting in Addis Ababa the ministers said the number of women dying in this way was actually increasing in some nations.
The ministers seemed to agree that family planning was the most cost-effective way of tacking the problem.
However, no unanimous declaration was adopted at the Addis Ababa talks.
Brain drain
The ministers said the world must act swiftly to stand any chance of reaching the UN's development goal of reducing global maternal mortality rates.
The ministers also recognised that more investment was needed in primary and emergency healthcare to save the lives of both mothers and babies in 15% of birth when complications arise, the BBC's Pascale Harter in Addis Ababa says.
But many governments - like that of the host company Ethiopia - have already invested heavily in training midwives only to have them work abroad. There are said to be more Ethiopian midwives working in Chicago now than in Addis Ababa, our correspondent says.Read more...
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