What are the Economic Impacts of Maternal Death?
Women are active members of their households and community, contributing to both micro and macro economic development in the informal and formal sectors. Women are the heads of household in many families, and research has shown that a mother is more likely than a father to spend her income on the needs of her children. According to the World Bank, large disease burdens and cost effective interventions coincide for adult women, age 15-44. Of the five clusters of primary health care interventions costing $100 or less per disability-adjusted life year saved in developing nations, three are in reproductive health: family planning, prenatal and delivery care, and case management of sexually transmitted diseases. World Bank. 1993. World Health Report 1993, and World Bank. 1999. Safe Motherhood and The World Bank: Lessons from 10 Years of Experience.
