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Padova (Agenzia Fides) – There are 265,000 women who die each year in Africa due to pregnancy and childbirth related problems. To ensure the natural right of these mothers to give birth to their children, for the upcoming Women's Day, the group 'Doctors with Africa Cuamm' has launched a campaign for free access to childbirth and newborn care for 37 projects in the 7 countries where it operates, with the objective of ensuring free supervised deliveries under normal and complicated conditions, guaranteeing all basic health services related to the survival of both mother and baby, including Caesarean section if necessary. The initiative will take the form of virtual greeting cards for Women's Day. By connecting to the Cuamm website you can choose the pictures and words and send your greetings, thereby supporting the efforts of the association. (AP) (5/3/2011 Agenzia Fides)
