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Save the Children recently published their 15th annual report about the current state of motherhood around the globe. This year's report focuses on mothers in conflict zones or areas affected by natural disasters. The report also includes the Mother Index, which highlights the best and worst places to be a mother.

Dr. Lale Say and colleagues released an update to the 2006 WHO maternal moratlity estimates report. This analysis provides a breakdown of the main causes of maternal mortality, including antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage.

This study, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, measured the levels and trends of maternal mortality, the main causes of maternal death, and the timing of maternal death. One of the main findings of the study is that there are few countries on track to meet MDG 5 by 2015.

A recent publication from the World Health Organization reports on the correlation between maternal complications, such as abruption, ruptured uterus, and pre-eclampsia, and late fetal and early neonatal deaths.