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India's Mothers: Bearing the Heat

The BBC's global health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar reports from southern India on new research suggesting heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage.

New research in India suggests heat can double the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage. It comes as the World Health Organisation warns that pregnant women and babies face some of 'the gravest consequences of all' as a result of climate change. The BBC's global health correspondent Tulip Mazumdar reports from southern India.

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