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A Larger Picture: How strong health systems save women's lives
Each year upwards of 300,000 women die needlessly during pregnancy and childbirth. Millions more are injured. How can we prevent this? A Larger Picture, made by the AMDD program at Columbia University, breaks down how strong health systems are absolutely essential to reducing maternal death and injury.
Making Choices. Finding Solutions.
Throughout the developing world, there is a severe shortage of health workers trained to provide emergency care to women facing life-threatening complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Making Choices. Finding Solutions. tells the story of how Mozambique is innovating to solve this human resource crisis and prevent thousands of maternal deaths and permanent disabilities each year.
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Want to access an article in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (IJGO), but don't have a subscription?
AMDD provides the funding for an open access section of the IJGO in order to make critical research on preventing maternal death widely available.
These articles focus on health systems strengthening and programs and interventions, particularly in developing countries that aim to make pregnancy and childbirth safer.
View the Keystone Section for Averting Maternal Death and Disability.