Boost for Health Care in DR-Congo
A new, five-year U.S.$270.7-million project aims to rebuild health facilities, train health workers and supply drugs and equipment as part of an initiative to provide health care to six million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
A maternity ward at a clinic in Kinshasa.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most dangerous countries in the world in which to conceive. Over her lifetime, a Congolese woman faces a one in 24 chance of dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth, according to a new report by Save the Children. AllAfrica visited the capital, Kinshasa, to take a close look at the poor state of maternal health in the country. Read more »