Tranexamic acid: Low-cost drug could save 30,000 women a year from bleeding to death in childbirth

Tranexamic acid: Low-cost drug could save 30,000 women a year from bleeding to death in childbirth A low-cost, widely-available drug could save the lives of tens of thousands of women a year if given quickly to new mothers who suffer deadly bleeding, researchers have found.

Severe bleeding after childbirth, or post-partum haemorrhage, is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide. Around 100,000 women die each year from the complication.

A new global study published in The Lancet found deaths caused by bleeding reduced by a third when women were giving tranexamic acid within three hours of the onset of the haemorrhage. The Independent