Is it acceptable for mothers to die of preventable causes during pregnancy because they are poor? Sadly, this is the pattern revealed by the United Nations (UN) statistics which show that dying of preventable causes is still a reality for half a million women every year [1]. These women live in the world’s poorest countries and surprisingly, the numbers of preventable maternal deaths in these regions have not improved significantly over the last decade [1,2,3]. But the picture is much different for women in developed nations where maternal deaths are 400 times less frequent [2]. Addressing these inequalities should be…
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By Jasmine Hamilton
Jasmine Hamilton is a Graduate student in the UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. When she is not working, she enjoys listening to jazz, biking, and reading autobiographies (or anything that isn't fiction and relates to how people live their daily lives).