DHS in the News
| Body: | Ruth Maclean "Of every 1,000 babies born in Guinea, 123 die before their fifth birthday. For every 100,000 live births, 724 women die. Guinea has the world's second-highest rate of female genital mutilation (FGM), after Somalia – 97% of women between 15 and 49 have been cut." |
| Abstract: | THE GUARDIAN (Kankan, Guinea) "Of every 1,000 babies born in Guinea, 123 die before their fifth birthday. For every 100,000 live births, 724 women die. Guinea has the world's second-highest rate of female genital mutilation (FGM), after Somalia – 97% of women between 15 and 49 have been cut." |
| URL to article: | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/aug/29/giving-birth-guinea-maternal-health-life-death-lottery-bereft-midwives-medicine |