The biggest health disparity between rich and poor is reflected in how likely a woman is to die while bringing new life into this world.
In a Northern Nigerian village in the state of Nasarawa, a 20-year-old woman named Hurairah waited in anxious anticipation for the birth of her first child. Like the vast majority of women in rural Nigeria, she was going to deliver her baby at home, a simple dirt-floored dwelling, with no doctor there if something went wrong.
This is a call to arms. This is a cry to get angry, to get loud and to get to work. It’s time to get serious about investing in maternal healthcare across the world.
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