CARE: Tens of Thousands of Pregnant Women at Risk in Haiti

by Gary Kopycinski on January 17, 2010

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PORT-AU-PRINCE–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2010. CARE warned Saturday that pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers and young children are at greatest risk in the wake of an earthquake that has devastated the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince and left nearly three million people in need of assistance. There are an estimated 37,000 pregnant women among the affected population in urgent need of safe drinking water, food and medical care. Half of Haiti’s population is younger than 18 years old.