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Because of the high rates of maternal mortality, a coping mechanism among Ugandan women is to consider pregnancy as being about bravery and fortitude

— Annettee Nakimuli

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The placenta must invade the mother enough to access nourishment for the growing baby, yet not so much as to penetrate through the uterus

I felt like we were accomplices in this war of sorts. People say we do not remember the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. I did not want to accept that it was beyond hope.’

I would often see women who had had four or more Caesarean sections with no living child – they continued exposing themselves to the danger until they had a baby,’

But why would women of African descent suffer so much more from pre-eclampsia than other women? ‘There was an assumption in Africa that there was a socioeconomic reason, like poverty,’

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