One of the starkest and most pressing divides between developed and developing nations is the differing life expectancies of mothers and infants. Around 6.3 million children under the age of 5 die every year, mostly of preventable causes, and mostly in underdeveloped countries. This is more than twice the total number of deaths in the United States annually. Eight hundred women die due to pregnancy and childbirth complications every day, according to facts released by the World Health Organization in 2014 -- and the developing world suffers 99 percent of these fatalities. But now, thanks to a number of innovative, elegantly low-tech solutions coupled with aggressive development goals coming...
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