Aisha's Story

This preview highlights a postpartum hemorrhage case in Northern Nigeria in early 2009. The segment is part of a feature documentary by filmmaker Dawn Sinclair Shapiro, that intimately follows Nigerias most distinguished medical and social scientists in obstetric and reproductive health as they implement a range of initiatives to improve maternal and child health. The film includes groundbreaking work Pathfinder International is leading to improve maternal survival and reduce maternal deaths by postpartum hemorrhage. Nigeria ranks second in maternal deaths worldwide, with more than 50,000 women dying each year in childbirth or from pregnancy-related causes. The films unprecedented access to Nigerias vanguard of maternal and child health professionals personalizes and illustrates this global issue. Expected for release in 2010, Dawn and her team will be filming throughout Nigeria in 2009. As it becomes available, more information about the film will be posted at www.pathfind.org.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Nigeria
• postpartum hemorrhage
• childbirth
• women's health

[SuperWardah89]

alhamdulillah........

[therealguyishere]

Alhamdulillahi, may you all be rewarded for your good work. Please more of that, always try your best even in attending helpless patients whose relatives are either very poor to unconcerned. Once more weldone.

[simp1eone]

abeg my sista/brotha is not only you oooh (nigerians) i just so one video from my own country ghana and utterly saddened today. There is a community up north 220,000 populationi one doctor one nurse in the whole community and the women die at brith like no ones business. So sad

[redfootwalking]

@ykl93 Having nine children has nothing to do with how many men she has children fathered by...one man; her husband, is likely the person inpregnating her.

[silentfades]

along with this did you give vigorous uterine massage

[mamohato]

@cadeey25 I couldn't have said it better. I'm also from Africa and this needs to change.

[bonitababi07]

who said all the fathers were different men, maybe she has a husband...think about it!

[cadeey25]

is not only in nigeria is all Africa my country Somali is more mess than nigeria women die and infant don't have public health if your mother or baby is die and don't pay money they will bleed to death that is how my country is. Africa need to wake up we are getting more educated people hopeful our new generation will change iinshallah.

[ykl93]

Thank God she made it. But NINE children, common now, that is tooooo much meeen.

[befany14]

What amazing work you are doing! God is working through you to save the poorest and most vulnerable.