Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 17th, 2010.
Complications kill or maim up to 30 percent of pregnant women in Nigeria, one of the highest rates in the world.
That statistic is what drew Evelyn Castle and Adam Thompson to Nigeria last summer, working with UC Santa Cruz’s Global Information Internship Program to improve maternal and child health in the West African nation.
“All of their medical records are paper, which can easily get ruined or lost,” Castle said. “The information was there, they just often aren’t able to access it.” Read More >