by Worldview
We live in a day and age where very few women should die in childbirth. In spite of spending more on health care than any other country, some 40 countries usually do better than the U.S. on maternal mortality rankings. One oil-rich African nation does a lot worse: Nigeria. They have the second worst rate in the world.
The new documentary film The Edge of Joy looks at maternal mortality in Nigeria and how, every day, its medical workers race against time with little technology to save women. We talk about the film with Chicago-based filmmaker Dawn Sinclair Shapiro.
Facets Multimedia will screen The Edge of Joy Monday, July 25, at 7PM.
http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/2011-07-22/film-%E2%80%98-edge-joy%E2%80%99-reveals-urgency-maternal-mortality-nigeria-89516
AMIHIN is a Nigeria based international development agency set up in 2009 officially, to address the unacceptably high levels of maternal and newborn mortality and morbidity in poor communities in West Africa. We work to disseminate information on best healthcare practices to improve maternal and newborn health in poor communities; to provide financial and physical support to mothers and newborn in poor communities. Our particular focus is on pregnancy and the first 1 year of life.
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