Severe bleeding after childbirth is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide
A cheap drug has been shown to stop women bleeding to death, in a discovery that should change practice around the world, say researchers.
Every year, 100,000 women die from massive bleeding in the moments after giving birth.
But an international study, in the Lancet, suggests “tranexamic acid” could cut that by a third.
Postpartum haemorrhage is the biggest cause of death during pregnancy and early motherhood.
Professor Haleema Shakur from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is the co-leader of the report:
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