Allyn Gaestel

Nepal is seen as a success story in the maternal health, one of just a few countries to significantly lower the number of women dying in childbirth. Still, until the status of women in society improves, childbirth will remain perilous.

Victims of a culture that puts their needs last, more women die from childbirth in India than anywhere else in the world.

How an ill and angry country is dealing with a devastating epidemic