Deaths from caesarean sections are higher in low and middle-income countries suggesting a threat to the lives of women and babies there finds a study published in The Lancet journal. The study found that maternal deaths in low and middle-income countries are 100 times higher particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East than in some high-income countries and that a third of all babies in some regions do not survive caesarean section. All the deaths following caesarean section could be attributed to postpartum haemorrhage (32 per cent) pre-eclampsia (19 per cent) and sepsis (22 per cent) and 14 per
