• Up to 70% of equipment sent to the developing world either fails to work on arrival or breaks down shortly after. (Source: WHO)
  • Every day in the developing world enough women die in childbirth to fill a Boeing 747.
  • Breathing difficulties are the commonest cause of death in African newborns. Up to 40% die within their first month of life, most on the first day.
  • In Sierra Leone there is a 1 in 8 chance of dying in childbirth. The average for the developed world is 1 in 2,800.
  • In Benin there are 11 anaesthetists for 11 million people. In Cardiff, Wales alone there are 140. Sierra Leone has 2 doctor anaesthetists for a population of nearly 6 million.