Mother and Child Health and Educational Programs in Regions After Civil War or Genocide-experiences with Maternity Projects in Mozambique, Burundi and South Sudan

Maternity programs in Sub-Saharan Africa are goal directed strategies to decrease neonatal and maternal mortality and improve mother and child health in early childhood to decrease under 5 mortality. Here we present an overview of programs focused on maternal and child health in countries after civil war or genocide where impact on mother and child was most tragic and visible. Mother and child projects in Mozambique, South Sudan and Burundi, affected by 30 year of civil unrest and/or genocide are presented.