Birth Is A Dream

• Photographer
  Paolo Patruno, Italy
• Maternal mortality, maternal and newborn health is an untold matter. Every year, almost 178.000 women die due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth in Africa. "Birth is a dream" I named my documentary project which aims to document and raise awareness about the maternity crisis in Africa. I started the project in Malawi, where the words for pregnancy in the local language - “pakati” and “matenda” - translate into “between life and death” and “sick”.