Women in poor nations more likely to die in child birth

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Updated January 15, 2009 05:52:01

A report by the United Nation's Children's Fund says women in the world's poorest countries are 300 times more likely to die during childbirth than women in developed countries.

Presenter: Christine Webster
Speaker: Martin Thomas, UNICEF Australia's spokesperson

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