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A woman dies every minute from childbirth or pregnancy – the majority of whom live in developing countries. This programme investigates why maternal mortality in these parts of the world is so high and what is being done to help.

Also on the show, the Northern Tanzanian ambulance service saving lives in rural villages; a report on a Polio outbreak in Nigeria, caused by the vaccine itself; a guide to the the rheumatic condition fibromyalgia; and living with varicose veins.