'I watched a woman die'

I witnessed the death of a woman who bled after giving birth.

Reducing the death toll from childbirth is a huge task,

but something needs to be done - now.

Most Deaths Are Preventable

There are five main reasons why women die in pregnancy, these are bleeding, infection, high blood pressure which can lead to fitting, unsafe abortion, and obstructed labour. These problems can be prevented or treated, even in the poorest countries. We can all help to change this; Women should not be dying in childbirth.

A mother is killed by childbirth every minute

Every minute, of every day, a mother dies from complications in pregnancy. 99% of these Mothers are from the developing world.  For every mother that loses her life in pregnancy, many more are tragically injured or permanently disabled.

Finding out what works

Ammalife believes that to save mothers lives worldwide, firstly we need to find out what works.  Ammalife invests in research, working out how we can best stop Mother’s dying.

READ ABOUT OUR LATEST RESEARCH