Fact Of The Day

Developing countries account for 99% of

maternal deaths.

Why Women?

Why are we helping Women? Here are some of the stats.

•  Woman’s income more likely than a man’s to go toward food, education, medicine, and other family needs.

•  Women in many countries make important family decisions about nutrition, healthcare, and use of resources.

• One girl in seven in developing countries marries before the age of 15.

• Children have a 14 times higher chance of dying in first year of life without a mother. 

• Women contribute to economic growth; their UNPAID work at home and on the farm equals about 1/3 of global GDP.

Fact Of The Day

For every ONE woman 

who dies, 

20 develop debilitating 

injuries, infections or disease

related to or exacerbated 

by pregnancy and childbirth.

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WWHI in Senegal

Exciting news! Women’s World Health Initiative continued its efforts on the ground in Senegal. Zendina Mostert, a WWHI board member, travelled to Senegal to investigate the needs of the people in our focus district, Saraya. A needs assessment helped identify various factors that affect maternal mortality, medical services that are currently available to women, and to become acquainted with the area, people, traditions, and cultural mores.
Overall, a total of eight villages were visited and local
women and men, doctors, midwives, health care workers,
and leaders were interviewed to better understand the
complexity of the issues.

The data gathered will be invaluable in informing the next
step in addressing the needs of women in Senegal.
Currently, the data is being analyzed to identify areas of
needs. It’s an exciting time for WWHI; stay tuned for more
information about the needs assessment.

Fact Of The Day

One woman 

still dies nearly 

EVERY MINUTE of EVERY DAY

from treatable or preventable complications 

related to pregancy and childbirth.

Please spread the word. 

Tell your family and friends about www.wwhi.org

Spread The Word!!!

There are a vast array of things you can do to help and be a part of this worthwhile cause. We want to let everybody in the world know about maternal mortality - but we cannot do it without you!

Here are a few things you can do to help spread the word! You can do all of it or just one thing but every little bit helps!

1) EMAIL - Tell everyone about our cause. We want everyone to know why it's important to help maternal mortality and information is the only way we can educate everyone.
Send a quick email to your friends and family saying - "Check out this organization that helps address maternal mortality. It's called Women's World Health Initiative - please check out their website at: www.wwhi.org and pass it on to just 3 other people."


2) FACEBOOK - find us and click "LIKE". This will appear on your facebook feed and let others know this is a cause you care about. You can find the link below.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=684725192&v=wall&story_fbid=152275708139979#!/pages/Womens-World-Health-Initiative/135391901536?ref=ts

3) TWITTER - follow us on Twitter and tell others to find out what we're doing! The link is found below.
https://twitter.com/wwhinonprofit

Spread the word!!!

Fact Of The Day

The UN is promoting eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015.

These goals were developed by the UN and its partners to form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and all the world’s leading development institutions. The goals have galvanized unprecedented efforts to meet the needs of the world’s poorest people. Goal #5 specifically relates to maternal health with two measurable targets: 1. Reducing by 75% the maternal mortality rate and 2. achieving universal access to reproductive health.

Source: http://un.org/milleniumgoals

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