With two of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals dedicated to the issue, maternal and child mortality reduction has been a priority of international engagement, but remains terribly high and stagnant, especially in Africa.

Child mortality is a terrible burden in Western and Central Africa, with the highest under-five mortality recorded worldwide.

A woman dies of pregancy-related complications every minute of every day in the world. Out of 514,000 deaths each year, 47% occur in Africa, mainly in Sub-Saharan countries.

Most children and mothers die of benign diseases for which affordable treatment exists. Overall, more than half deaths could be avoided with frequent prevention, efficient detection of abnormalities and provision of adapted basic treatment in time.

Our objectives are to:
>> Reduce child and maternal mortality
>> Facilitate access to early-treatment
>> Raise awareness of prevention

-> Read what Pesinet is doing to help prevent complication of benign diseases.