G8 revisits maternal and child deaths.

The article reports on the 5 billion U.S. dollars commitment of world leaders to cut maternal and newborn deaths in 2010. The amount pledged by leaders falls far short of the 24.6 billion U.S. dollars experts say is required to address the problem. Robert Black, physician and epidemiologist with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, has presented that, if aimed carefully, low-cost and simple steps could still have big effect.