"Because Tomorrow Needs Her" communications project - Emergency Obstetrics in Burundi

Chantal is prepared for C-section.

MSB13499

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Because Tomorrow Needs Her: Burundi

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB13499

Date taken / Date Recorded 17/07/2013 11:00 PM

Country Burundi

Commissioning section MSF-UNITED STATES

Photographer / videographer / producer Martina Bacigalupo

Copyright Martina Bacigalupo/VU

Usage Rights (MSF) MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications

Formal Consent Copy available no

Editor's rating ★★★★ (E)

Maximum Size 5616px × 3744px 12.27 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Chantal, 20, was pregnant and in pain. She came to Kabezi State Hospital in Burundi for care. Her two previous Caesarean sections now put her at risk for uterine rupture if she tries to give birth vaginally. She needs surgical care, so the nurses call the MSF hospital. Every day, about 800 women around the world die from easily preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth—the vast majority in under-resourced countries like Burundi. If skilled emergency care was accessible, most of these women would still be here. MSF set up a medicalized ambulance system in this area in order to lower the high rate of maternal mortality. As a result, maternal deaths fell by 74 percent.

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Keywords

Burundi

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare