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Building Advocacy for Safe Motherhood in India, The White Ribbon Alliance
Date Published: 15 September 2008 Document Type: Briefs & Fact Sheets Issue: Advocacy & Policy, Family Planning & Reproductive Health, Social Mobilization, Women’s Rights Languages: English Country: India Purchase Method: Download |
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India has among the highest number of maternal deaths of any country in the world today. Every seven minutes one woman in India dies from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. This results in over 100,000 mothers dying every year. The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is a coalition of organizations working together to increase awareness, build alliances and act as a catalyst for action in order to reduce maternal mortality. The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) helped form the White Ribbon Alliance India (WRAI) in 1999 to bring critical attention and action to the need of making motherhood safer in India. Currently, CEDPA acts as the secretariat for the WRAI providing technical assistance and leading advocacy and communications strategies.