Driven by population growth and othr issues, leads to increasing hunger and subsequently rising diseases and death causd by malnutrition, unsanitary living conditions and limited access to drugs and medical care. These deaths could be prevented by having qualified, skilled healthcare workers on hand for the births. Report had this to say about malnutrition related problems like low birth weight: “These children face a heightened risk of early mortality: low birth weight is an underlying factor in 60% to 80% of deaths in the first month. They also face longer-term risks of disadvantage in health and education. Our poor child nutrition and mortality rates are caused by poverty and limited access to quality healthcare facilities and staff. Poverty
