... childbirth every year. The Global Safe Motherhood Initiative was launched by the World Bank, WHO and UNFPA in 1987, but since then more than 11 million women have died and another 10 to 20 million ... million. 36. The women who continue pregnancies need care during this critical period for their health and for the health of the babies they are bearing. Since the 1990s, the proportion of ... Foundation, and the World Bank – the so-called „H8‟) was formed and meets regularly. The White Ribbon Alliance, in which Sarah Brown, wife of the British Prime Minister, is the Chief Patron,...