maternal health

Going through pregnancy and childbirth safely should be the expectation of every woman. However, high levels of maternal deaths continue to plague many sub-Saharan African countries, where achievement of Millennium Development Goal 5 threatens to be an elusion. Yet, even though complications of pregnancy cannot always be prevented, deaths resulting from them can be averted if women received timely and appropriate skilled health care throughout the continuum of pregnancy and childbirth. This is possible with application of available knowledge of interventions that are effective in preventing death from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.

What is lacking, as argued in an essay entitled What’s in the way of achieving improved maternal health in Kenya?, is the commitment, at all levels, to act; to make the reduction of maternal mortality a high priority.

What’s your view?

Dear Kabissa Friends,

Thank you so much for your responses to our call for Creative Content.  We have had interest from artists in many different countries.  We're really excited.

We also are moving forward with our fundraising and outreach efforts.  Don't worry, we are not asking for a donation!!!  However, we would appreciate 20-seconds of your time, not for our sake, but the number of creative communities at the local level that we are excited to bring into the development agenda for women's health.

Dear friends and artists,

I'm developing a new project in collaboration with various international agencies and artists that blends the creative world with the humanitarian world around the issue of women/motherhood/maternal health.