Every year more than 500,000 girls and women die due to complications of pregnancy and childbirth.

99% of these deaths occur in developing countries. The majority are preventable.

The leading cause of these deaths is obstetric hemorrhage. Many women bleed to death before they get the care that they need.

The LifeWrap is a new, low-technology first-aid device that can save these women's lives.

Safe Motherhood partnered with to make this movie:

Click on the image to watch a video on how the LifeWrap works.

You have the power to save a mother's life!

Support for Safe Motherhood Programs research comes from:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Statistical support from the World Health Organization (WHO)

RECENT PRESS: Huffington Post
"Obstetric hemorrhage is a leading cause of death for women in developing countries, where access to ambulances and quick trips to hospitals is often scarce. With a little training, the LifeWrap can be used by almost anybody."
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Marin Independent Journal
"Miller, the first midwife to be granted privileges at Marin General Hospital in the early 1980s, is overseeing field testing in Egypt, Africa and India of a low-tech, inexpensive first-aid device that stabilizes women in shock from obstetrical hemorrhaging."
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Most Recent Scientific Publication:
Anti-Shock Garment in Postpartum Haemorrhage Miller, S; Martin, H; Morris JL. Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology , August 2008, 22(6) 1057-74

Safe Motherhood Programs is part of the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health. The CoE is dedicated to transforming health and improving the lives of women and girls locally, nationally and internationally. For more information: go to http://www.coe.ucsf.edu.

Global Campaigns for Safe Motherhood:

Millenium Development GOAL 5: Improve maternal health

White Ribbon Alliance

Maternova