That's why at next week's summit I will announce the UK's commitment to double the number of women and newborn lives saved by 2015, saving the lives of at least 50,000 women in pregnancy and childbirth, a quarter of a million newborn babies and enabling 10 million couples to access modern methods of family planning. In addition to the prime minister's commitment at June's G8 summit to spend £750m on tackling maternal mortality, we will overhaul all our aid programmes to see what we can do differently to save more women and babies, using new technology and new ways of working to make every penny of aid go further than ever before.
Women are often the heart of the family and without healthy mothers, families communities and societies fail. Beating maternal mortality and meeting all seven of the other MDGs means creating a healthier, safer, more prosperous world for future generations. We cannot allow the golden opportunity this summit presents to pass us by.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2010/sep/14/nick-clegg-coalition-maternal-deaths
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