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Approximately 100,000 women a year die around the world from blood loss associated with childbirth - that's roughly one every six minutes. But now there's evidence that a cheap, safe drug called tranexamic acid that's been around for over 50 years would make a big difference. The results of the major clinical trial have just been published in The Lancet. Professor Haleema Shakur from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine is the co-leader. She says "tranexamic acid can reduce the risk of a woman bleeding to death by about a third."

(Picture: A mother holding her baby. Credit: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)