Sometimes we just don't realise how lucky we are.....

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in this country to have access to proper maternity care (even if it isn't always fantastic) here

That link has totally shocked me. I knew things were 'basic' to say the least but I had no idea that 1 in 10 women died in childbirth there. I'm just appalled that in 2005 healthcare can be this bad.

I feel very, very humble sitting here typing this at 8+3 pregnant, knowing that I will receive first-class maternity care. The world is an unfair place.

i thought i had bad care here, i never even thought about it like that, makes you see the bigger picture in life really doesnt it?

Shocking to see that fancy equipment sitting in a corner when they could have used a water pump far more.

Anyone know of a charity that would aid this hospital and/or area? I can't believe things are that bad - but suspect things probably are pretty much the same in many third world countries

Red Cross?

To be honest with you the more I think about this - I feel embarrassed as a Westernised Woman that this could be happening in the 21st century - and nothing is being done about it -

Quote from text: Women have little voice, and husbands still want large families.

Is there any charity that would give aid to this hospital? I feel about this now!

save the children?

Many women in Indonesia die in childbirth (though not as many as in Afghanistan). I got to know someone working in the field and learned that 80% of the mothers who died, died from haemorrages and 80% of those women haemorrhaged because they were anaemic. A simple, cheap 3mth course of iron tablets could save countless lives, for the most part it isn't hi-tech stuff they need, though that would save even more lives. I wouldn't mind betting it's much the same in Afghanistan.