Maternal Health Care, Colombia

High maternal mortality rates in Chocó - almost three times as high as the Colombian average (194,7/100,000 born) - led MSF to start a project of sexual and reproductive healthcare in this poor Colombian region. In 2005, MSF began running mobile clinics and started working in the maternity ward of San Francisco Hospital. Covering a population of 235,000 women in reproductive age, the hospital is the only public health structure in Chocó department where women have access to second-level maternity care. That means women from all over Chocó are referred to San Francisco de Asís when they have complications or their deliveries are at risk.

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