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Birthing Project, United States

Birthing Project, United States

The Birthing Project improves the birth outcomes and overall health of women of color and their children by providing them with critical support, medical supplies, and education.

 

 

The challenge(s) the Birthing Project is addressing:

 

Each year, hundreds of thousands of women die during pregnancy or childbirth because of pregnancy- and delivery-related complications. 90% of these deaths are preventable. In the US, African-American women are nearly 4 times more likely to die of pregnancy-related complications than white women.

 

The Birthing Project – the only national African-American maternal and infant health program in the US – is dedicated to improving birth outcomes and the overall health of women of color by providing education services, one-on-one guidance, and support for pregnant women, in addition to SAFE BIRTH KITs containing the essential medical supplies to ensure safe delivery during the birthing process.

 

The Birthing Project is supplying SAFE BIRTH KITs to pregnant women in over 90 communities in the US and to women in numerous other countries, including Canada, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Ghana, Malawi, and Nigeria.

 

 

You can be a changemaker!

 

The Birthing Project’s objective is to extend the outreach of its health programs and to make SAFE BIRTH KITs accessible to more pregnant women in the US and across the globe. 

You can help save lives by (a) sending a SAFE BIRTH KIT to a mother-to-be or (b) spreading the word about the Birthing Project’s life-saving work.

 

 

The difference you can make: the impact of your giving

 

Your donation will help to ensure that women of color have access to the medical care and support they need in order to give birth safely.

You can strengthen the momentum of the global fight to prevent unnecessary maternal and infant deaths.

 

 

Relevant Country Data

 

Capital: Washington, D.C.

Population: 313,085,400

GDP per capita: $41,761

Population below national poverty line: 15.1%

Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1000 live births): 7

Maternal mortality ratio (deaths of women per 100,000 live births):  24

Life expectancy at birth: 78.5 years