BY MARA BLUMENSTEIN “Reproductive rights … rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health.”-International … Continue reading Access and Implementation of Reproductive Rights in Urban Haiti
BY RACHEL ARNESEN.Photography by Jose Jose and Jean Francoise Leblanc. Each day, about 800 women die from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth.[1] While 800 deaths per day is an alarming statistic, what is even more shocking is that almost all of these deaths—over 99% of which occur in developing countries—are preventable.[2] In the past … Continue reading Haiti: Improving the Maternal Health Situation through Increased Contraceptive Use
Yale Global Health Review 