ABC 20/20 and Women's childbirth situations in areas of the world

What an eye opening program tonight on ABC's 20/20 about childbirth in different parts of the under-developed world.

Afghanistan - children made to marry at .....8,10,12,14,15
Ten years ago 1 in 11 women died giving birth.
Training organizations went in - now it's today 1 in 50 die.

Main cause for deaths in any childbirth anywhere is HEMORRHAGING!

One certain pill - less than the cost of a postage stamp stops hemorrhaging.

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Sierra Leone

1 in 21 women die in birthing. Hemorrhaging main cause.

Hospitals not equipped. One USA nurse felt helpless.

One lady distributed enough of those very small cost hemorrhaging pills and has so far saved 50,000 lives.

A new private clinic by an organization, set up for birthing, is like day from night in success.
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Christi - a well-known USA model nearly died in childbirth from hemorrhaging. She now does much work for women in poor countries, to save lives.

The State of Georgia has one of the highest rates of deaths in birthing in the USA.

The USA is number 50 on the world list for deaths from birthing.

2 die every day in the USA from birthing.
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Bangladesh today - deaths from birthing is down 40 percent.

Moms in action group by an organization doing a fine work in that country.

Half the people in Bangladesh have cell-phones. Hence teaching and help and advice etc. is being done using those phones.
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Mexico - a Roman Catholic country - used to double its population every 20 years. Government 40 years ago started education giving on sex teaching and contraception. In the 1970s average family was 7 children, now it is 2 children.

One young lady went through College, and is now educating the young girls on sex and contraception.
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YOU CAN GO TO ABC 20/20 and find tonight's program (Friday December 16th) and YOU CAN GIVE to support the education, health, care, of women giving birth. Since ABC brought all this to light one year ago (I missed that program) YOU have given 1.5 MILLION dollars. YOU have saved thousands of women's lives. YOU have brought CLEAN Water to many villages and hence good health, for families.

IT IS TRULY REMARKABLE WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE ALL JUST GIVE EVEN A FEW DOLLARS. IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT $3 TO SAVE A LIFE SO ABC SAID TONIGHT.

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