Every minute of every day, a woman is dying simply by having a baby. Yet, maternal health still receives little attention, funding and political will.  Video is produced by students from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena

This Slide Show was exhibited at the UNFPA Booth during the Women Deliver Conference, held June 7-9th in Washington, DC.

A documentary about five Ethiopian women whose lives have been devastated by obstetric fistula and the difficult journey they undertake.

A group of young Mauritanians called Khoudeija, Aisha, Goundou, Aissata, and Coumbis suffer from a condition known as Obstetric Fistula, which severely affects their lives.

When Mother Died, the Family Fell Apart

Ma Houay Kout village is in a particularly remote area in Attapeu Province in southern Laos. Once every three months, a health team will spend two days in each village and provide a range of services and information.

In Uganda today family planning is at the top of the agenda. At the moment there are 34 million citizens but the country has one of the fastest growing populations anywhere in the world. On average each woman will give birth to six children.

With UNFPA support, WAHA produced “Survivors – wounded during childbirth,” a series of documentaries telling the stories of women with fistula and the doctors who provide treatment in Ethiopia.

Typhoon Haiyan destroyed birthing facilities and hospitals, leaving thousands of pregnant women without a place to deliver and threatening  years of progress. UNFPA is working to restore reproductive health services.