Maternal Health
Maternal health is the medical care, nutrition and wellbeing of women before, during, and after they are pregnant and give birth.
All women are vulnerable to a great number of health problems while they are carrying a child and afterwards, as a woman’s body is undergoing great changes and strains to provide for themselves and for their child.
According to the World Health Organization, the rate of maternal mortality has barely changed since 1990 – In North America, 1 in 3700 women die giving birth. In Africa, 1 in 16 women die giving birth.
Today, in much of the world, women rarely, if ever, see a doctor or other health care practitioner during or after pregnancy. Because they do not have access to proper nutrition or medical advice, the rate of maternal death (during or just after birth) is enormous in the developing world.
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Global Projects supporting MATERNAL HEALTH
Africa
Southeast Asia
Rama Sensana Foundation, Indonesia
Youth
