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Maternal Death

A Woman's Nation: Reclaim Your Right To Birth Right

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Maternal Death, Women's Health, A Woman's Nation, Health, Ina May Gaskin, Cesarean Section, Christiane Norrthrup, C-Section, Healthcare, Living News
Christiane Northrup, MD

I have spent the last 30 years educating women about the wisdom of their bodies, including their innate ability to birth normally. Yet our so-called healthcare system...sees the female body and its processes (like labor) as an accident waiting to happen.

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When Planning a Pregnancy Can Save a Woman's Life

Dr. Ana Langer | Posted 11.14.2009 | World

Read More: Maternal Death, Foreign Affairs, Health, G-8, Unicef, Maternal Health, Advocacy, Maternal Mortality, World News
Dr. Ana Langer

The number of maternal deaths has remained virtually unchanged for the past two decades. This is unconscionable, and it's why the Group of Eight leaders recently agreed that the world must do more.

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In Response to Liya Kebede: Our Responsiblity to Improving Maternal Health

Ray Chambers | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Child Mortality, HIV/AIDS, Liya Kebede, Maternal Death, Malaria Deaths, Sub-Saharan Africa, Malaria, Maternal Health, World News
Ray Chambers

For HIV, women account for 60 percent of the disease in sub-Saharan Africa and transmission from mothers to newborns is a significant, yet solvable problem.

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Afghan Midwives Step Up To Fight One Of World's Worst Maternal Mortality Rates

CNN | Posted 08.23.2009 | World

Read More: Maternal Death, Midwives, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Midwife, Afghan Midwife, Child Birth Rate, Afghan Women, Maternal Health, Afghan Women's Rights, Child Birth, Afghan Midwives, Health, Maternal Mortality, Advocacy, Women's Rights, World News

The war in Afghanistan may no longer be forgotten but the true victims always are. Women and children in the landlocked Asian country have continuous...

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We Need a Global Fund for Moms

Liya Kebede | Posted 08.21.2009 | World

Read More: Millenium Development Goal, Maternal Death, Global Health, Economic Crisis, United Nations, Global Fund for Women, Maternal Health, African Children, Global Economic Crisis, Maternal Mortality, Liya-Kebede, World News
Liya Kebede

Each mother who dies leaves behind a devastated family and weakened community that will eventually, somehow, affect each of us.

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No Woman Should Die Giving Life

UNFPA | Posted 06.09.2009 | World

Read More: Maternal Death, Reproductive Health, Maternal Health, Mother's Day, Reproductive Rights, Foreign Affairs, Africa, Advocacy, Maternal Mortality, World News
UNFPA

This Mother's Day will be no different than any other day -- every minute a woman will die in pregnancy or childbirth. Nearly all of these women will ...

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How Big Is Your Universe?

Aruna Kashyap | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Public Health, Pregnancy, India, Maternal Death, Maternity, Death, World News
Aruna Kashyap

Decades of research have shown that reporting is a critical first step in determining what policies and measures are needed to lower the risk of death in pregnancy and childbirth.

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Keep the Mothers in Mother's Day

CARE | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Maternal Death, Peru, Mother's Day, Infant Mortality, World News
CARE

With a firm commitment and action from world leaders, the crisis of maternal mortality can go the way of polio -- phased out village by village until it's all but unheard of anywhere in the world.

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