by Matt Stearmer | Sep 7, 2011 | Awareness, Monument
Currently the vast majority of monuments that honor mothers depict one of two themes First, sadness. The women are sad because their children are either going off to war, or dying as an infant. These memorials depict the tragedy that too often follows mothers...
by Matt Stearmer | Sep 6, 2011 | Awareness, General News
India’s maternal mortality rates are appalling – especially considering the size of the population. 450 mothers will die for every 100,000 live births. The lifetime risk of maternal mortality in India is 1 in 70. The net result is that over 100,000 women die due...
by Matt Stearmer | Sep 6, 2011 | Awareness, Country Profile, Worst Conditions
It is hard to even begin to comprehend the risk of maternal mortality in the developing world. Sierra Leone is, unfortunately, the current leader with the highest maternal mortality rates in the world (although Afghanistan and Niger are almost as bad off). Over 2000...
by Matt Stearmer | Sep 6, 2011 | General News
For over two decades various organizations around the world have been strategizing and implementing policies that they hoped would reduce the maternal morality rates. Now it seems some progress is being made. Over the years the statistics have been depressing....
by Matt Stearmer | Sep 6, 2011 | Awareness, Country Profile
Maternal mortality statistics in the United States have a somewhat complicated history. Currently each state is allowed to write their own rules for what qualifies as a maternal death. This means that in about 2/3 of the States there are no laws that specifically...
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