Pregnant women in Burkina Faso dying because of discrimination

Women are dying needlessly during pregnancy and childbirth because discrimination prevents them from accessing sexual and reproductive health services, leaving them unable to make key decisions on their pregnancies, Amnesty International said in a report released on Wednesday. Every year in Burkina Faso more than 2,000 women die from complications during pregnancy and childbirth, according to government figures. Amnesty International's report Giving Life, Risking Death finds that many of these deaths could have been easily prevented if women were given access on time to adequate health care. "Every…

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