Mother’s Day — a day we put aside each year to celebrate mothers around the world. Between planning brunch or sending flowers, we tend to forget how lucky we are to have access to maternal health care and truly how dangerous motherhood can be. So dangerous that about 303,000 women die every year as a result of pregnancy and childbirth and about 99 percent of these deaths occur in developing countries. Only ten countries in the world account for over 60 percent of maternal deaths worldwide and of those, nine are currently in or recently emerging from conflict.
Philomena Kwao, Model and humanitarian, calls for action on maternal health this Mother's Day
Kenya says it plans to shut down two refugee camps, including the world’s largest, due to security concerns. The announcement was swiftly condemned by human rights groups that say the move puts some of the world’s most vulnerable people at risk.
In a statement, the Kenyan government says it is working to expedite the closure of the Dadaab and Kakuma camps. They’re home to hundreds of thousands of refugees, the vast majority fleeing violence in neighboring Somalia.
Kenya says it plans to shut down two refugee camps, including the world's largest, due to security concerns.
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