Iron and folic acid supplementation during pregnancy in Indonesia significantly reduced the risk of early neonatal death and could also do so in other low - and middle-income countries.

In pregnant women with untreated early syphilis, 25% of pregnancies result in stillbirth and 14% in neonatal death.

Of the 20 countries with the highest maternal mortality ratios worldwide, 19 are in Africa; and the Region has the highest neonatal death rate in the world.