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Do You Believe #MomsMatter?

EVERY 2 MINUTES A WOMAN DIES IN PREGNANCY OR CHILDBIRTH SPREAD THE WORD #MOMSMATTER 4444444444M11111111 THAT IS ALMOST 800 MOMS DAILY MOST LIVE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ETHIOPIA NIGERIA AFGHANISTAN INDIA PAKISTAN OF THE CONGO ABOUT HALF OF MATERNAL DEATHS OCCUR IN SIX COUNTRIES TWO COMMON CONDITIONS ARE THE CAUSE: HEMORRHAGE AND ECLAMPSIA (A FORM OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) WE CAN SAVE THESE MOMS' LIVES FOR AS LITTLE AS FOR ECLAMPSIA FOR HEMORRHAGE MAGNESIUM SULFATE OXYTOCIN MISOPROSTOL $0.18 $0.45 $0.90 PER DOSE PER DOSE PER DOSE IF EVERY MOM HAD THESE DRUGS, WE COULD SAVE AT LEAST 1.4 MILLION LIVES EVEN ONE MOM DYING IS TO O MANY SPREAD THE WORD #MOMSMATTER SOURCES: WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, and The World Bank. (2008). Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2010. Washington, DC: World Health Organization. Retrieved from: http://whqlib- doc.who.int/publications/2012/9789241503631_eng.pdf- ?ua=1 PATH, Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services Program/Management Sciences for Health, UNFPA and USAID. (February 2012). Medicines for Maternal Health: Key Data and Findings. Washing- ton, DC: PATH, SIAPS/MSH, UNFPA, and USAID. PATH, Systems for Improved Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services Program/Management Sciences for Health, UNFPA and USAID. (February 2012). Medicines for Maternal Health: Key Data and Findings. Washington, DC: PATH, SIAPS/MSH, UNFPA, and USAID. https://www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/- global/shared/images/publications/2012/Key%20Data%20and %20Findings%20Maternal%20Health%20Medicines-Fl- NAL.pdf Population Action I N T E R N A T I O N A L HEALTHY FAMILIES HEALTHY PLANET 1300 19TH STREET, NW SUITE 200 • WASHINGTON, DC 20036-1624 USA • wwW.POPULATIONACTION.ORG

Do You Believe #MomsMatter?

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There’s good news and there’s bad news. The bad news is that a woman dies every two minutes from pregnancy or child birth. The good news is that the medication that can save these women’s lives ...

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