Africa: Better education improves health of mothers and children

A new UNICEF report reveals there is still much to be done to reduce infant and maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Failure to improve care for pregnant women and newborns threatens to undermine progress on all health-related development goals. "Newborn deaths account for up to 40 percent of all under-five deaths around the world," UNICEF Chief of Health Peter Salama told IPS in Johannesburg.