Valentine’s Day has a history of love, and caring. But this Valentine’s Day, perhaps it’s time to celebrate with a gift many of the world’s poorest women desperately need: delivery kits.
According to the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA), 1,000 women die every day due to pregnancy or childbirth. Ninety-nine percent of these deaths occur in less developed world and 90 percent in Africa alone.
Reproductive health, including access to the information to plan a family, is a human right the world’s nations have recognized since 1968. Access to these services safeguard the lives of women and their children and promote families that are healthy.
