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In 2000, as part of their Millennium Development Goals, 189 countries promised to cut three quarters of maternal mortality by 2015. But five years later, the progress is far behind schedule.

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As part of BBC's Africa Lives season, Panorama filmed obstetrician Grace Kodindo's struggle to stop mothers in Chad dying. In Chad the lifetime chance of a woman dying in pregnancy or childbirth is 1 in 11, in the UK it's 1 in 5,100.

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Reporter Steve Bradshaw travels with Grace to a village where mothers must rely on Traditional Birth Attendants. But Grace fears that these untrained women aren't equipped to save women's lives.

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But there is reason for hope. A few poor countries have succeeded in saving mothers' lives.

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In Honduras, maternal mortality has been cut far faster than some of its wealthier neighbours, largely because influential men and women care enough to make the issue a priority.

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Grace and Steve visit Honduras to see how they have achieved these cuts. On her return to Chad, Grace says "I'm now more optimistic that the MDG can be fulfilled."

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Dead Mums Don't Cry. Sunday, 25 June, 2005 on BBC One at 22:15 BST.