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I just finished an 8-week schedule for my new project. I'm working (with 3 friends) on ending maternal mortality (focus market = Nigeria).
Anyone who wants to follow the proj, DM me. I'll add you to a private mailing list (to send bi-weekly updates). More details in thread.
Anyone who wants to follow the proj, DM me. I'll add you to a private mailing list (to send bi-weekly updates). More details in thread.
There are 303k *preventable* maternal deaths globally, 201,000 (66%) are in Sub-Saharan Africa (58k in Nigeria).
Africa has the most amount of maternal deaths, but it's falling at a rate of -0.95% per year, compared to South Asia at -4.11%, East Asia & Pacific at -3.57% and Latin America at -2.70%.
If we look at Nigeria vs India, India’s #of maternal deaths has decreased dramatically since 1990; Nigeria’s is about the same.
What this tells us: It’s possible to decrease pregnancy-related deaths, but we just haven’t scaled it everywhere.
What this tells us: It’s possible to decrease pregnancy-related deaths, but we just haven’t scaled it everywhere.
There are three main causes of Maternal Mortality:
1. Severe Bleeding (after birth)
2. Unsafe Abortions
3. Hypertension (high blood pressure)
We’re focusing on 1&2; we will narrow down into one by the EOW.
1. Severe Bleeding (after birth)
2. Unsafe Abortions
3. Hypertension (high blood pressure)
We’re focusing on 1&2; we will narrow down into one by the EOW.
I'm looking to connect with:
- Anyone that can connect me w/ doctors in Nigeria or women who are (or have been) pregnant in Nigeria
- Anyone knowledgable in improving maternal health in the developing world
- Maternal Health Specialists (Anywhere) + OBGYNs (Anywhere)
- Anyone that can connect me w/ doctors in Nigeria or women who are (or have been) pregnant in Nigeria
- Anyone knowledgable in improving maternal health in the developing world
- Maternal Health Specialists (Anywhere) + OBGYNs (Anywhere)
ps. I wrote about maternal mortality and a handful of other women-related problems in my recent article, if you want to learn more - https://medium.com/@izzygrandic/everything-you-need-to-know-about-womens-health-and-milking-cows-20501867b8c5?source=friends_link&sk=12cfa781550693b21b4d0797ae3c4dd2
