Mobile Phones Save Lives in Timor-Leste
Category: IMPACT
"A pregnant woman has one foot in the grave." This common saying reflects the reality in many developing countries: bearing a child is one of the main risks to a woman's life. In the poor countries of the world, giving birth is both one of the most significant days in a woman's life but also a time when she is closest to losing it.
By Mary Anne Mercer, ContributorGlobal Health Faculty, University of Washington, 2014-08-16