A silent tragedy haunts the world's poor

More than 2.6 million pregnancies a year end in stillbirth, a tragedy which mostly hits women in poor countries and accounts for more deaths than AIDS and malaria combined, researchers said on April 13. A series of studies published in the journal Lancet by researchers from the World Health Organisation and some 50 organisations in 18 countries offered the first comprehensive look at the impact of the problem around the world.