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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.’

— 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

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

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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