The Harsh Reality for Mothers in Rural Tanzania
In many rural regions, pregnancy is life-threatening. Women often deliver alone, without skilled attendants, emergency care, electricity, or sanitation. Infants born prematurely or with complications rarely survive.
1 in 42 mothers risk dying
Up to 15 miles walked during laborl
50%+ births without skilled care
1 in 42 women in Tanzania may die from childbirth-related causes.
Mothers walk 5–15 miles while in active labor.
Over 50% of births in some rural communities occur without a skilled attendant.
Hemorrhage, infection, and obstructed labor remain leading causes—all preventable.
Giving Birth Should Not Be a Death Sentence
In many rural regions of East Africa, pregnancy and childbirth remain among the most dangerous moments in a woman’s life. Not because complications are rare—but because skilled medical care is often too far away when it matters most.
Distance Is the Greatest Risk Factor
For thousands of women, the nearest facility capable of managing childbirth complications is many miles away. Labor often begins at home. Women walk long distances—sometimes for days—while in pain, exhausted, and vulnerable. Too many never arrive in time.
Lack of Skilled Care
More than half of births in rural communities occur without a trained midwife, nurse, or physician present. Complications such as hemorrhage, obstructed labor, infection, and neonatal distress are common—and deadly without immediate intervention.
What is routine in developed nations becomes life-threatening without skilled care.
A Preventable Tragedy
Maternal and newborn deaths are not mysteries. They follow predictable patterns—and they respond to proven solutions. When skilled care is nearby, mothers survive. Babies thrive. Families remain whole.
