Zambia: Every Woman Deserves a Safe and Respectful Birth

Lusaka, Zambia — There is a core issue in the Zambian health system that numbers alone cannot show. It is not simply a shortage of drugs or ambulances, but the need to give dignity to the many women who still give birth in environments that deny them privacy and respect. In these life-defining moments, the system can fail them through lack of equipment and, equally, through lack of humanity.

Respectful Maternity Care (RMC) poses a radical but simple question: what would maternal health look like…