Join us on April 27 for a live webcast discussion

By Joia Mukherjee, PIH Chief Medical Officer

Each year as Mother's Day approaches, I stop to reflect on the strength and love of mothers across the globe, on our children, and on the joys of being a mom. My own son will be 5 years old in July.

Each year that joy is marred by the knowledge that nearly 350,000 women die annually due to complications from pregnancy and childbirth. The vast majority of these deaths occur in the developing world.

For the women in the countries where we work, pregnancy and childbirth pose significant risks of disability and death. Partners In Health strives to provide expectant mothers with critically important health services to make pregnancy and giving birth an occasion to celebrate life and hope.

Join me on April 27 at 7 p.m. EDT for a live webcast and discussion about the risks faced by millions of expectant mothers and what can be done to help.

Along with my colleague—Donna Barry, PIH Director of Policy and Advocacy—we'll discuss PIH's efforts to provide critical services to expectant mothers.

We'll take questions live via chat or Twitter (@pih).