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Aisha's Story
Kano, Nigeria: January 2009
This preview highlights a postpartum hemorrhage case in Northern Nigeria in early 2009. The segment is part of a feature documentary by filmmaker Dawn Sinclair Shapiro, that intimately follows Nigeria’s most distinguished medical and social scientists in obstetric and reproductive health as they implement a range of initiatives to improve maternal and child health.
The film includes groundbreaking work Pathfinder International is leading to improve maternal survival and reduce maternal deaths by postpartum hemorrhage throught the Continuum of Care project. Nigeria ranks second in maternal deaths worldwide, with more than 50,000 women dying each year in childbirth or from pregnancy-related causes. The film’s unprecedented access to Nigeria’s vanguard of maternal and child health professionals personalizes and illustrates this global issue. Expected for release in 2010, Dawn and her team will be filming throughout Nigeria in 2009. As it becomes available, more information about the film will be posted here.
Dawn Sinclair Shapiro
Dawn Sinclair Shapiro began her journalism career working for the award winning news magazine program, CBS News Sunday Morning. Dawn has worked as a producer, associate producer, writer, online editor/writer for Tribune Broadcasting, CNBC, MSNBC, Dateline NBC and Chicago Public Radio. She directed, wrote and produced her first feature length documentary, Inside the Handy Writers’ Colony, which aired nationally on PBS on October 23, 2008. Current projects include post-production on Dialogues with China, a character study of world-renowned curator of contemporary Chinese art, Wu Hung, which she directed and co-produced with Peggy Wang. To contact Dawn, you can email communications AT pathfind.org or click here.
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