The Economic and Social Impacts of Maternal Death

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By: Tezeta Tulloch, Communications Manager at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University

by Tezeta Tulloch, Communications Manager at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University

What happens when a mother dies? In the West, the most ready and obvious answer is grief – the harrowing emotional and psychological toll of losing a loved one. A mother’s death is largely viewed as a private tragedy that will grow more manageable in time.

But in many developing countries, a mother’s death is much more than an emotional crisis, often leading to long-term social and economic breakdown… read more