Poor water and hygiene kills mothers and newborns
Dec 19, 2014
BBC News, December 2014
A new report by WaterAid, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the World Health Organization, and other global health bodies calls for greater attention to basic sanitation in health facilities to prevent maternal and newborn deaths caused by infections. Nearly 40% of health facilities in 54 low-income countries do not have relliable clean water.