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This article provides an analysis of the relationship of literacy and education in the developing world as they intertwine with reproductive health, and explores the reproductive health-related informational needs of women from these regions. Every day more than 800 women die from causes relating to pregnancy, 99% of whom are in the developing world. In 2015 16,000 children under five died every day. This article first provides a systematized review of the extensive canon of literature that explores the relationship between maternal literacy and mother and child health. A content analysis is conducted with the aim of deciphering the reproductive health-related informational needs of women in the developing world. Following, there is a discussion of interventions that have demonstrated success at ameliorating these gaps. Some of these interventions have met information needs related to family planning, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, violence against women, sexuality, pregnancy education, and emergency obstetric care.
