In many countries the experience of pregnancy and childbirth still carries a mortal risk for a woman, and infancy remains a test of survival. We know why women and children die; there is no great science or mystery behind these deaths. The reasons can be described in almost infinite terms but the simplest answer is poverty.
African Mothers Health Initiative exists with the core knowledge that the lives of all women and children are precious. They are the center of everything we do. The ultimate goal is not a statistical change but the evolution of an environment in which women are free to experience and appreciate the birth process and motherhood as one of the great joys of human existence.
The blessing of a poor family (written by Joanne). I first met Pamela when she came for a prenatal ultrasound. Her skin was stretched tightly over a shockingly large pregnant belly and through the window of the ultrasound, I saw four babies snuggled in close. 
