By: Kayla McGowan, Project Coordinator, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Original post can be found on MHTF Blog. While safe surgical practices can improve maternal health outcomes, surgery can pose its own risks and complications. The Maternal Health Task Force’s Kayla McGowan (KM) had the pleasure of interviewing two leading experts in […]
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Fatima’s Story
Authored by Zoë Connor (Health Research Intern, USAID) At 18, Fatima looks like any other mother-to-be – excited for her baby to be born and to start a new chapter of her life. Yet this is not Fatima’s first pregnancy. Married young and pregnant by 15, Fatima suffered a prolonged and obstructed labor with her […]