State of the World's Mothers

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 8, 2013

Dr. Joy Lawn, professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the lead researcher for Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers report, on Save the Children's new report out about the differences around the world for new mothers and babies.

"Around the world, 1 million babies die on the day they're born." -- hearing about @savethechildren report on "State of the World's Mothers"
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) May 8, 2013

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