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Women’s Knowledge Digital Library

A Price Too High to Bear: The Costs of Maternal Mortality to Families and Communities

This study documents the costs of maternal mortality to households in poor remote communities and explores the impact of these costs on family well-being.

Description

This new study, undertaken in three sub-counties in Western Kenya, documents the emotional as well as the financial costs of maternal mortality to households in poor remote communities and explores the impact of these costs on family well-being.

Source

https://www.icrw.org/publications/a-price-too-high-to-bear-the-costs-of-maternal-mortality-to-families-and-communities/

Date

March 2014

Language

English

Collections

Reproductive Justice Collection

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