总结：nucleus, obstetrician

The London Conference was held on the 20th anniversary of the launch of the Safe Motherhood Initiative in Kenya.

在《安全孕产倡议》颁发20周年之际，在肯尼亚举行了“伦敦会议”。

But since then, more than half of million women worldwide (have) died annually  from pregnancy and birth-related complications.

但自该倡议实行以后，全世界每年约有50多万妇女的死亡与怀孕及分娩并发症有关。

As the conference opened, Jill (Sheffield) of Family Care International, a non-governmental organization, said progress has been slow.

在本次会议开始之初，国际家庭护理组织（一非政府组织）的成员Jill Sheffield就指出该倡议的进展非常缓慢。

At conference end, she was more upbeat, recognizing a political will she said was not there before.

但在会议结束时，她对此乐观了许多，因为她认识到她以前所说的那个政治意愿已没有了。

"This (was) a political meeting. We have governments ready to invest in making that work, we have ministers of finance, planning, local government and health who were here. There is a (nucleus) from each of 32 countries who came here to work together and go home to work together. And those 32 countries are very high maternal mortality countries."

“这是个政治会议，我们有些政府已准备对此工作进行投资，这也包括一些金融、规划、地方政府及健康方面的官员。也有了一个由32个国家成员组成的核心，他们在这儿一起探讨，回国后一起采取行动。而这32个国家他们的孕产妇死亡率非常高。

The majority of maternal deaths (occur) in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

绝大部分孕产妇死亡都是发生在亚洲及撒哈拉以南的非洲地区。

Doctor (Pius Okong) is an (obstetrician) from Uganda. He explained that while the numbers are high in sub-Saharan Africa, maternal mortality is not given the priority (deserves). He said women frequently die in remote parts of the country and their deaths are regarded as due to natural causes.

Pius Okong是乌干达的一名妇产科医生，他说尽管撒哈拉以南非洲地区的孕产妇死亡人数多，但其死亡率并没有引起足够的重视。他指出她们的死亡通常都发生在一些偏远的地区，并且死因也是出于自然因素。