Saving Moms With Save-A-Mother
Big thanks to Rima and Rahul for allowing me to become a contributor to their monthly SOLUTIONS newsletter. You may find my first article featured in the December 2009 Issue.
“We crossed our target of training 400 new health activists in 2009 by November. Over 1,000 women have attended training sessions in 2009 and 412 have been designated as health activists” – Dr. Shiban Ganju
The Solutions newsletter provides a comprehensive monthly overview of the organization’s accomplishments in the fight against maternal mortality in Uttar Pradesh, India, as well as interesting related articles from various contributors who have come together for this wonderful cause. Every day, over 160 women die in India from pregnancy and complications of child birth. Save-A-Mother programs educate women about pregnancy, nutrition, immunization, delivery and care of the child. Please take a minute to watch the footage from the latest visit to Sultanpur:
There is no reason for a woman to have to bury 7 children in her lifetime; there is no reason for a boy to lose his mother to infection that could have been easily prevented with proper hygiene. Please visit Save-A-Mother.org for more information on how you can help decrease (and eliminate!) maternal mortality rates in some of the most affected areas in the world.
