THE LAST MILE: REACHING MOTHERS AND BABIES IN THE REMOTEST AREAS
MAR has been supporting for years the maternal health of women in the remote Kokuselei Valley, in Turkana, northeast Kenya. Turkana is an isolated, arid, semi-desert region that lacks the most basic infrastructure and services. Its...
TRAINING TANZANIAN NURSES TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING CARE
Tanzania continues to have one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Africa and the world, with women facing a 1-in-45 chances of dying from pregnancy or childbirth complications, compared to 1 in 10,000 in high-income countries....
ADDRESSING THE RISKS OF TEENAGE PREGNANCIES
Nicaragua has one of the highest adolescent fertility rates in the world. The consequences of adolescent childbearing include higher risks of pregnancy complications and maternal mortality (adolescent girls are up to five times more...
DATA PROVIDES MATERNAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS
MAR launched one of its very first maternal health projects in Yantalo, a small rural village in San Martin province, in northern Peru. The people who live in this part of the upper Amazon rainforest are extremely poor. In fact, over...
