How can we stop death during childbirth?

Michael Rosenblatt at TEDMED 2011

During the few minutes of Michael Rosenblatt’s talk, some 20 women died in childbirth. The Merck CMO talks about the surprisingly low-tech solutions, and how teamwork from industry, governments and patients can stem the tide.

Sing it with me: “TEDMED!”

Jonathan Mann at TEDMED 2011

Jonathan Mann, the “song-a-day” guy, performs number 1,030, which previews the conference and also happens to be a fist-pumping TEDMED 2011 theme song. Who else could get a group of drowsy docs and techies to sing along at 8 a.m.?