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Florida demands OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman; alleges that the company concealed risks of ChatGPT. Health. An nurse administers painkillers to Amna Adam Hessen, whose baby was born dead the previous day, at the Birao district hospital in the Central African Republic, on March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) A woman attends her first prenatal consultation with nurse Delphine Zanabe, at the Birao district hospital in the Central African Republic, on March 26, 2026.
(AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) A pharmacist pulls out several painkillers from a box to give to a pregnant woman, at the pharmacy of the Birao district hospital in the Central African Republic, on March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) An nurse administers painkillers to Amna Adam Hessen, whose baby was born dead the previous day, at the Birao district hospital in the Central African Republic, on March 25, 2026.
(AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) An nurse administers painkillers to Amna Adam Hessen, whose baby was born dead the previous day, at the Birao district hospital in the Central African Republic, on March 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) A woman attends her first prenatal consultation with nurse Delphine Zanabe, at the Birao district hospital in the Central African Republic, on March 26, 2026.
(AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) A woman attends her first prenatal consultation with nurse Delphine Zanabe, at the Birao district hospital in the Central African Republic, on March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) A pharmacist pulls out several painkillers from a box to give to a pregnant woman, at the pharmacy of the Birao district hospital in the Central African Republic, on March 26, 2026.
(AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) A pharmacist pulls out several painkillers from a box to give to a pregnant woman, at the pharmacy of the Birao district hospital in the Central African Republic, on March 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly) Her baby was on the way. She was in a refugee camp, weakened by typhoid fever. There were no facilities for what was about to happen, and she had no money to travel.
She got up with difficulty and started walking.
'I gave birth in the street', she recounted. 'There was no doctor, no midwife, no one to take my hand'. This report forms part of a series on maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, which has the world's fastest-growing population and represents 70% of global maternal deaths. Every year, around 180,000 pregnancy-related deaths are recorded across the continent.
Almost two-thirds of global maternal deaths occur in countries affected by conflict or 'fragility', the World Health Organization reported this year
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