Invest in health-care technology to make pregnancy safer in Africa, says Temie Giwa-Tubosun

WHEN A WOMAN heads to the delivery room, the expectation is that a happy ending is all but guaranteed. This story is true for most women in developed countries where health care works well due to consistent investment over time. (African-American women are a notable exception because access to medical institutions and interventions is impeded by underlying racism in America’s health-care system. They are more than three times as likely to die in childbirth as their white counterparts; Native American women are also more likely to die than their white counterparts). But joyous outcomes are by no means certain for most women who live in countries still struggling to develop.