Healthcare Delivery

Smartphone tech could prevent the deaths of six million women and children by 2030

Surrogate mothers (L-R) Daksha, 37, Renuka, 23, and Rajia, 39, pose for a photograph inside a temporary home for surrogates provided by Akanksha IVF centre in Anand town, about 70 km (44 miles) south of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad August 27, 2013. India is a leading centre for surrogate motherhood, partly due to Hinduism's acceptance of the concept. The world's second test tube baby was born in Kolkata only two months after Louise Brown in 1978. Rising demand from abroad for Indian surrogate mothers has turned "surrogacy tourism" there into a billion dollar industry, according to a report by the Law Commission of India. Picture taken August 27, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal (INDIA - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 18 33 FOR PACKAGE 'SURROGACY IN INDIA'TO FIND ALL SEARCH 'SURROGACY ANAND' - GM1E99U15I001

According to statistics, a baby or a pregnant woman dies every 11 seconds somewhere in the world. Image: REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal

Kate Kelland
Correspondent, Reuters
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