UN official says pregnant Myanmar cyclone victims in urgent need of care - International Herald Tribune

UN official says pregnant Myanmar cyclone victims in urgent need of care - International Herald Tribune: "More than 100 women give birth every day in the area affected by the cyclone, William A. Ryan, a spokesman for the United Nations Population Fund, and 35,000 of the estimated 2.4 million cyclone survivors are pregnant women.

Pregnancy and childbirth were already relatively risky in Myanmar, one of Asia's poorest countries, even before the May 2-3 Cyclone Nargis, Ryan said at a news conference Wednesday."