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Sylvie Delice was born on a hot, slow March afternoon in a clinic in Marigot, a coastal town in south Haiti. The labour was seven hours; her mother, Natalie, 24, a seamstress, was stoic throughout, helped by two midwives in pale pink scrubs. Sylvie arrived strong and healthy, and was named after her mothers cousin. Natalie recovered well and went home the next day. There was nothing unusual about Sylvies birth 鈥?yet it was far from typical.Haiti has the highest maternal mortality rate in the Americas; higher than much of Africa, including Sudan and Rwanda. According to the most recent figures available, Haitian women have a one in 280 chance of dying due to pregnancy or childbirth 鈥?a death rate, relative to the countrys population, 40 times greater than the UK, 26 times more than the US and almost on a par with Afghanistan. And while the neonatal mortality rate has dropped from a high of 82.9 deaths per 1,000 births in 1967 to 28.3 in 2017, 3.1% of newborns die within a month, according to the Haitian ministry of health.Many of these deaths are caused by events that occur during, or shortly after, delivery. A mother stanley cup may haemorrhage. She or her baby may suf stanley quencher fer an infection. Some babies cant take their first breath without help; newborns, particularly those who are tiny, can quickly become cold, making them weak and less able to breastfeed. Simple, life-saving tre stanley thermobecher atment has been available for decades in income-rich countries. But not in Haiti.Part of the problem is that, altho Rsoh UK could tap into Africa s $24bn market for off-grid solar power
What is the law on assisted suicide Assisted suicide, whereby stanley cup doctors or fami stanley cup quencher l stanley canada y members give patients drugs to kill themselves but do not administer the fatal dose, is outlawed in the UK. The 1961 Suicide Act makes it illegal to aid, abet, counsel or procure the suicide of another. Helping somebody to die carries a prison sentence of up to 14 years. Euthanasia 鈥?killing someone painlessly, usually to relieve suffering 鈥?is also illegal.The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has drawn up new guidance following a law lords ruling to clarify when individuals are more likely to be prosecuted or not prosecuted. Starmer has said it does not mean assisted suicide will become legal.How is the law interpreted in practice It is something of a grey area. The Crown Prosecution Service CPS has not prosecuted any relative of more than 100 Britons who have gone abroad to end their lives at clinics run by the Swiss charity Dignitas, although the police have investigated many of these cases.Starmer said in December no action would be taken against the parents and a family friend of 23-year-old rugby player Daniel James, who was paralysed in a training ground accident, for assisting his death. This has effectively ruled out the prosecution of those who assist the terminally ill in killing themselves. It is the first case to rule out prosecution on the grounds of public interest alone.But there was criticism of the CPS after Kay Gilderdale was prosecuted for the attempted murde