Archive: Tue Feb 2018

How Mongolia Revolutionized Reproductive Health for Nomadic Women

In the past few decades, Mongolia has made dramatic improvements in maternal health. Through a series of governmental reforms and campaigns, the country has decreased its maternal mortality rate, which tends to be higher in nomadic communities...read more
After a traumatic home birth in the 1990s, Bayarbat Delgermaa left her nomadic life to move closer to health facilities. But Mongolia’s work to improve maternal healthcare made her confident enough to move back to the Gobi Desert in 2010. Didem Tali