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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Transforming Women's Lives in Niger

With one of the highest rates of maternal death in the world, a woman in Niger has a one in seven chance of dying in childbirth or pregnancy during her lifetime.

By age 16, more than half of girls in Niger are married, and many have already borne children. The overwhelming majority of these births are at home—not at health facilities. Nationwide, barely one-third of births are assisted by trained health professionals.

This International Women’s Day, we celebrate individuals in Niger who are helping women fight these odds and transforming lives. This photo essay profiles nurse-midwives who participated in a recent training by EngenderHealth’s Fistula Care Project, which is supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), as well as young Nigerien women who are benefiting from fistula repair surgery and better maternal health services. With EngenderHealth’s—and your—help, women and girls here can have a better tomorrow.

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