Bangladeshi woman with her baby. The Bixby Center, working with Venture Strategies and local partners in Bangladesh to reach women who will deliver at home with a clean delivery kit that includes misoprostol for the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage. Photo by Exploretimor
In Bangladesh it is estimated that more than 85% of deliveries are conducted at home, and the majority of births are attended by untrained birth attendants, relatives, or neighbors that are not medically trained for delivery and every year 12,000 women Bangladeshi women die due to pregnancy or pregnancy-related causes.
This study will have policy implications for improving safe delivery programs in Bangladesh and other low-resource settings.
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