This drug can stop mothers bleeding to death in childbirth – so why can't more women get it?

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 12:01 a.m.

We now know there’s a cheap, safe treatment that could save thousands of lives each year. But those who need it can’t always access it.

Written by Samira Shackle

Read by Kirsten Irving

Produced by Graihagh Jackson

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