Child bride and fistula survivor becomes an advocate for change

MULANJE DISTRICT, Malawi – Margret Rambiki was just a teenager, married at 14, when she nearly died in childbirth.It was 2002 in the Mulanje District of southern Malawi. Achild bride, Ms. Rambiki may have been physically unready for pregnancy.Her labour was prolonged and obstructed, a potentially deadly complication. And her access to emergency care was dangerously delayed. She remembers her father arguing with the health care provider because of their long wait for assistance.
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