International Women's Day: Obstetric care in DR Congo

Publisher:: MSF Australia
Publication Date:: 7 May 2012
Tags:: Congo-Kinshasa, Women and Gender, Pregnancy and Childbirth

Médecins Sans Frontières makes it a priority to provide life-saving, emergency obstetric care in both acute and chronic humanitarian crises. Fifteen percent of all pregnancies worldwide will experience a life-threatening complication. The majority of maternal deaths are avoidable when access to emergency obstetric care is ensured.

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