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Every Mother Counts

EMC’s blog was retired in 2018. Stay updated at https://everymothercounts.org/on-the-front-lines/ where we share information, perspectives and stories that help make pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother, everywhere.

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Alice Proujansky

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May 5, 2014

U.S. Maternal Death Rate Is Rising

New study reports that the US is one of only eight countries where maternal deaths are rising, placing the US at #60 behind 59 countries with better maternal health outcomes.

Life’s Unequal Beginnings

FOR the past six years I have been photographing birth, looking at its universal as well as cultural aspects, and the struggle to provide women with safe, respectful care. An estimated quarter of a million women die each year from pregnancy-related causes like pre-eclampsia…

Reflecting on birth photography after giving birth

So the biggest insight I brought from my photography project to my son’s birth, to that huge night and day, was familiarity with the process.