Dear friends,
Impoverished communities in the U.S. and around the world are systematically denied health care services that should be every person’s human right. - In the United States, 19 mothers die for every 100,000 births.
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In Sierra Leone, that number is 1,120 for every 100,000 births.
As another example, in Haiti, a new outbreak of cholera is spreading rapidly. Cholera is especially deadly for children, and can cause death in as little as 24-hours. But the maddening part is that cholera is not just treatable, it’s also vaccine-preventable. Every death from cholera is a death from injustice, not disease. We don’t have to accept this. And today, with this urgent triple match, your gift for health care as a human right can go three times further.
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