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Global: The worst places to be a mother

by IRIN News

Most women in sub-Saharan Africa give birth with no skilled health worker present. Photo: Anne-Isabelle Leclercq/IRIN

Eight of the bottom 10-ranked countries in Save the Children’s annual Mothers Index, which ranks the best and worst places to be a mother, are in sub-Saharan Africa, says the NGO.

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