Maternal c/PPH in Haiti: Global Health Initiative for Haiti

Haiti is a small underserved country in the Caribbean that shares an island with Dominican Republic. Like many underserved third world countries, Haiti is plagued with global health burdens such as high amounts of non-communicable disease related deaths, maternal mortality and childhood mortality under five years of age. “Every 20 minutes, a woman dies from childbirth in Haiti, a statistic that captures the grave nature of maternal mortality”. With an anonymous ten-million-dollar donation this article illustrates a potential plane to decrease maternal mortality rates in Haiti through the initiation of Project Save Mom.

Author(s): Felicia Marie Douglas

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