Sierra Leone - Maternal Mortality

Sierra Leone - Maternal Mortality

Maria Komeh, right, the stepmother of Mamma Sessay, 18, weeps over her body as female relatives bid goodbye to Sessay, before her burial, the day after her death from postpartum hemorrhaging, in the village of Mayogbah, Sierra Leone on May 21, 2010. In a ritual performed in villages throughout Sierra Leone, villagers cover the face of the deceased with powder to ward off evil, and prepare her for the afterlife. Sessay was forced to marry at 14 years old to a man who was about 50, and delivered her first child at 15. During her second pregnancy, Sessay delivered the first twin child the day before at the Moyorgboh Maternal Child Health post near her village, but her contractions ceased for the second child. She then traveled by canoe and ambulance from her village to the Magburaka Government Hospital where she delivered the second baby with the aid of midwives and | Location: Mayogbah, Sierra Leone. ( automatický překlad do češtiny  ) ( zobrazit originální popisek v angličtině )
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Místo pořízení:Sierra Leone
Datum vytvoření:1.12.2010
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