I am in love with National Public Radio’s blog Goats and Sodas: Stories of life in a changing world. There’s a lot there about what’s not changing too. Emily Vaughn’s story earlier this fall about photojournalist Lynsey Addario’s work to record the impacts of war and poverty on maternal health conditions is a must a read and see if you care about maternity care in any country, but especially in those in dire need of trained providers and sterile equipment.
Writes Vaughn: “Every two minutes, a woman dies from childbirth or pregnancy-related causes, and many of these deaths are entirely preventable. While the global health community has made great strides bringing down the rate of these maternal mortalities since efforts intensified in the early 1990s, the reality for many mothers is still harrowing.”
Medical checks in Somaliland are few and far between. Photo by Lynsey Addario via npr.org.