Fistula

Here’s a fairly horrifying opinion piece in the NY Times about maternal health in the developing world. Kristof’s numbers are that:

* A woman in Ethiopia has a 1 in 14 chance of dying in childbirth during her life (7%).
* Worldwide, the rate of *injury* during childbirth is 20 times the rate of *death* during childbirth.

If you’re at all interested in such things, it’s a decent read.