Nigeria - The Edge of Joy
Premiering on Link TV, "The Edge of Joy" follows the lives of Nigerian caregivers working on the front lines of maternal care.
In "Edge of Joy," filmmaker Dawn Shapiro goes inside a busy maternity ward in Nigeria, where maternal deaths are among the world's highest.
Families in Kano, Nigeria struggle to procure blood for mothers suffering from obstetric hemorrhage during delivery. A new blood bank next to the hospital offers hope.
Over 36,000 women in Nigeria die each year due to post-delivery complications.
Dawn Sinclair Shapiro sheds light on the challenges Nigeria faces in its effort to reduce material mortality.
In the U.S. 1 in 4,800 women die in childbirth. In Nigeria it is 1 in 18.
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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...
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Tod Lending -Executive Producer
Tod Lending is an Academy Award nominated and national Emmywinning producer/director/writer/editor/cinematographer whose work has aired nationally on ABC, CBS, NBC,...