Global maternal mortality is unacceptably high. Around 810 women (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/maternal-mortality) die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.

A number of factors drive maternal mortality. In developing countries (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/maternal-mortality) it is often due to women not having access to basic health-care during pregnancy and when they give birth...