Tsunami and the silent tide: the invisible challenge of women’s health

Abstract: 

Women suffered differentially in the tsunami disaster. While the total death toll will never be known accurately, it is known that more women and children died than men. Among the survivors it is the special needs of women that are being overlooked.

Given the rapid growth in the number of young fertile women, it is possible that more women will die from pregnancy, childbirth and abortion in the current decade than in any other in human history. With steps that we know how to take, we should be able now to roll back the silent tide of maternal death.

Published in Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care, 2005, 95-97

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Author: 
Martha Campbell
Publication date: 
October 5, 2005
Publication type: 
Commentary