VSI in the Media
2012
Modern Ghana, March 20, 2012, "Curbing maternal deaths: GHS distributes misoprostol to expectant mothers" (Ghana)
2011
The Citizen, September 18, 2011, "Doctor whose work puts smiles on mothers' faces" (Tanzania)
National Public Radio, June 29, 2011, "Drug given to mothers at birth sparks controversy" (US)
IRIN, May 12, 2011, "Health: Childbirth made safer" (Senegal)
The Citizen, March 27, 2011, "Women in Rufiji benefit from misoprostol" (Tanzania)
The Standard, March 23, 2011, "Pill stops mothers from bleeding to death after birth" (Kenya)
Coastweek, March 18, 2011, "New drug and treatment to curb maternal deaths" (Kenya)
The Guardian, March 4, 2011, "Ministry promises wide distribution of new drug" (Tanzania)
The Guardian, March 3, 2011, "New drug boosts safe motherhood" (Tanzania)
2010
Lusaka Times, October 3, 2010, "Zambia: Zambia on course towards attaining MDG 5" (Zambia)
Lusaka Times, September 30, 2010, "Maternal deaths still high despite serious Govt efforts" (Zambia)
Ghana News Agency, September 2, 2010, "Stakeholders urged to educate the public on safe motherhood" (Ghana)
Peace FM, August 23, 2010, "Severe Bleeding Accounts for Maternal Death" (Ghana)
The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2010, "When health and moral values collide" (Canada)
The Punch, March 7, 2010, "59,000 women bleed to death
annually after child birth" (Nigeria)
The Guardian, February 8, 2010, "Pregnancy-induced deaths rise in Nigeria, Says Group" (Nigeria)
The Nation, February 7, 2010, "Bleeding Mothers" (Nigeria)
Addis Zemen, February 2, 2010, "Tablet to reduce maternal mortality soon will be imported to the country" (Ethiopia)
Daily Monitor, January 30, 2010, "Tablet Against Maternal Mortality Introduced in Ethiopia" (Ethiopia)
2009
The New Vision, June 28, 2009, "Health launches anti-bleeding drug" (Uganda)
L’Express de Madagascar, June 23, 2009 "Nouveau Soin a l'accouchement" (Madagascar)
Midi Madasikara, June 23, 2009, "Redire de 27% le toux de l'mortalite avec le Misoprostol" (Madagascar)
New York Times, May 9, 2009, "A Birth Pill" (US)
