Cameroon: Big Steps Forward - Cameroon's Multi-Sector Approach to Reducing Pregnancy-Related Deaths

[Nigeria Health Watch] Jean Firwa and his wife Martha were excited to be expecting a baby after 10 years of trying to conceive. However, neither realised that their joy would be short-lived. On the morning of May 15, 2015, tragedy struck for the couple. Experiencing sharp pains, Martha needed to be transported to a hospital. With the closest hospital being 35 miles away, it was a struggle to transport her from Zanyao to the hospital in Yagoua, Mayo Danay Division, in the far North of Cameroon. "She was bleeding and there was no
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - Category: OBGYN Source Type: news