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More pregnant women are dying in Congo as they avoid hospitals over Ebola - AP News

More pregnant women are dying in Congo as they avoid hospitals over Ebola - AP News

Some pregnant women in eastern Congo are avoiding hospitals over fears of a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak, and more of them are dying around childbirth. Congo's already high maternal mortality rates are rising. One expecting mother says she stopped prenatal …

BUNIA, Congo (AP) Esther Lutula stopped going for prenatal checkups shortly after the current Ebola outbreak was declared in eastern Congo. Midway into her pregnancy, the 26-year-old feared being put… [+6050 chars]

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