Barbara May Foundation

the barbara may foundation provides sustainable maternal health care in developing countries. every year over half a million women die from childbirth in developing countries which is about 1,000 women for every 100,000 births. for every death, another 30 women, which is estimated to be 2 million women, will suffer an obstetric fistula injury. the foundation supports the work of medical missionaries dr andrew browning and valerie browning am in africa who are developing a simple and sustainable network of maternal health care to decrease the high incidence of women and babies who die or are injured during childbirth.