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Women's health

An estimated 99 per cent of women who die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications live in developing countries. Most of these deaths are preventable.

Be it in conflict, in a natural disaster, a disease outbreak, or in an HIV programme - women are in need of specific care. Reproductive healthcare is an integral part of the medical care we provide, including in emergencies. In areas where maternal death is high, such as in Afghanistan or the Central African Republic, we've opened specific projects to provide care to women. The five main causes of maternal death are haemorrhage, sepsis, unsafe abortion, complications linked to high blood pressure, and obstructed labour.

For information on safe abortion care, please visit our dedicated page.

Women's Health

Quick Facts

 
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Paediatric & maternal services paused

Press Release 15 Oct 2014
 
Maternity unit in Domeez Camp, Iraq
Iraq

Safe births for Syrian refugees in Domeez

Project Update 18 Sep 2014
 
Maternity unit in Domeez Camp, Iraq
Photo Story

MSF's new maternity unit in Domeez camp, Iraq

18 Sep 2014
Photo Story
 
Honduras - Support to the ER department of Escuela Hospital in Tegucigalpa
Photo Story

MSF Projects in Tegucigalpa

10 Sep 2014
Photo Story
 
Nasir South Sudan
South Sudan

"Just a few hours old but already fleeing violence"

Voices from the Field 3 Sep 2014
 
Dr Raid Umran, Al Zahaara hospital, Irak
Iraq

“We have managed to reduce the mortality rates, even though admissions have risen”

Voices from the Field 22 Jul 2014
 
HIV/AIDS

We see pregnant women dying from HIV

Project Update 22 Jul 2014
 
Projects of MSF in Balochistan - June 2014
Pakistan

For women in Pakistan to deliver a baby is a battle between life and death

Voices from the Field 23 Jun 2014
 

Slideshow: Giving birth in Central African Republic - Sonia's story

Voices from the Field 27 Mar 2014
5000 Children of Adele (EN)
video

5000 Children of Adele (EN)

The 5000 children of Adele

Adele is a Central African midwife in the country's biggest maternity ward in Bangui.

This is the story of what it's like to help deliver babies under gunshots, but also what it means to be a woman in a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.

fieldresearch.msf.org

We produce important research based on our field experience. So far, we have published articles in over 100 peer-reviewed journals. These articles have often changed clinical practice and have been used for humanitarian advocacy. Read all our Women's Health-related articles on our dedicated Field Research website.

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