Millennium Development Goals

#5: Improve Maternal Health

The most egregious disparity between the developed and development world is maternal mortality. In the development world, one woman dies in childbirth every minute. In Africa, a woman has a one in 16 chance of dying in childbirth - in the developed world, only one woman in 4,000 dies in childbirth. Yet the interventions necessary to dramatically reduce maternal mortality are straightforward and not terribly expensive. It is outrageous that in the 21st century, women have so little status that we cannot protect their lives at the very moment they are giving life to others.

Through improving awareness, education, availability of health care and - most importantly - raising the status of women within society - The Hunger Project is driving down maternal mortality rates everywhere that we work.