Maternal Mortality, India (2009)
Each year half a million women around the world die in childbirth. Twenty percent of those deaths are in India. Most of the deaths are preventable with access to proper healthcare.
That's just an estimate. Many more die uncounted. Most of the deaths are preventable with access to proper healthcare.
In 2009, Susan traveled to India with the writer Dumeetha Luthra for a Human Rights Watch report about maternal mortality.
INDIA. Dewa, Uttar Pradesh. 2009. Shakeela rests following healthy delivery at PHC, Primary Health Center.
INDIA. Gopalpur, Uttar Pradesh. 2009. Komal, holding ID of her mother, Kiran Yadav, who died after childbirth.
INDIA. Dewa, Uttar Pradesh. 2009. Examination room at PHC, Primary Health Center.
INDIA. Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. 2009. Delivery room of the Barabanki District Hospital.
INDIA. Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. 2009. Husband bringing wife for emergency to Barabanki District Hospital.
INDIA. Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. 2009. Men waiting for news of newborns at the Barabanki District Hospital.
INDIA. Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. 2009. Painted wall announcing government program to pay women for their hospital deliveries.
Human Rights Watch Brochure "In Silence".
Human Rights Watch Brochure "In Silence".
Human Rights Watch Brochure "In Silence".
Human Rights Watch Brochure "In Silence".
