In much of the developing world, health systems at the local level are fundamentally failing to sustain and improve the lives of women. In many cases women are the last to receive adequate health care and are dying because of it. Women are dying because they do not have access to emergency obstetric care when they require it. Women are at risk because their nation, province or village has not placed sufficient priority on ensuring that they are protected from the threat of contracting HIV/AIDS. Women are suffering because they must bear the burden when anyone in the household is sick, and there is no doctor, nurse,.
