WOMAN-SLAUGHTER

Angela Gorman.

CEO

Maternity & Midwifery Festival

20th Sept.

HANNAH GRANVILLE: 1876 - 1915

Why are women dying in such numbers?

• In 2005 an estimated 550,000

annual deaths. • In 2012 the number fell to 287,000. • In 2016, the number rose to

303,000.

The answer…. “Women are not dying because of diseases we cannot treat. They are dying because society decides that they are not worth treating” (Reproductive Health in Emergencies Conference, Kampala, Uganda, June 18th-20th 2008.)

1. End Poverty and Hunger 2. Universal Education 3. Gender Equality 4. Child Health

5. Maternal Health 6. Combat HIV/AIDS 7. Environmental Sustainability 8. Global Partnership

UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: MDGs Goals set forward by governments around the world to be achieved by 2015

Causes of maternal mortality for which we have highly effective interventions

8

48

8

13

23

Indirect Causes (8%)

Hypertensive Disorders (14%) &Haemorrhage (34%)

Other Direct Causes (8%)

Unsafe Abortion (13%)

Obstructed Labour (8%) & Sepsis (15%)

Life for African Mothers: What we do.

• Supply Misoprostol to treat or prevent Post Partum Haemorrhage which kills 100,000 mothers annually.

•Provide medical skills exchange visits by UK midwives to Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The Cost per Tablet?

• Misoprostol: 17p per tablet a women would need 3-4 tablets (currently being donated by Pfizer.)

Brian This is baby Brian from

Uganda, his mother died

because she couldn’t afford

the Misoprostol that would

have saved her life.

LFAM offers all medication

and services free of charge

and anonymously so that

people in these countries

feel that their country values

their lives.

Redemption Hospital

Angela Alice

EBOLA

THE IMPACT ON LFAM

Inside the Ebola Camps…

Trying to retain a bit of normality….

Dr. DADA (DADA Award)