A FEW days after Mavis Gumede gave birth at her rural home in Plumtree, Matabeleland South Province, she started experiencing intense bleeding. The new mother and her husband decided to head to the Plumtree District Hospital which was over 15 kilometres from their small, rural village. Gumede’s husband carried her on his bicycle and started…

“Maternal and child health is one of the priorities of the Russian public health service and in recent years, we have succeeded in optimising the maternity care system by increasing its accessibility and quality."
