• Pregnancy and childbirth are the most dangerous times in a woman’s life in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly 303,000 women die during childbirth each year, primarily from postpartum hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and obstructed labor. Their newborn and young children are vulnerable as well, at risk of dying from infections. More than 1.5 million children die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases.

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