Dying for children

Each year 2,500 Nepalese women lose their lives during pregnancy and labour.

A woman gets a contraceptive implant at an outreach camp. Above: an urban clinic. 


Sita frowns as she recalls giving birth to her first child on a mat, in a hut, up a mountain. She was living with her husband's family... Read more...  

Alison Buckler -  The Guardian

Photography by: Brian Sokol/Panos