FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE , RELIABLE AND SAFE LIGHT IS STILL OFTEN OUT OF REACH .
I N D U S T R Y I N V E S T I G A T I O N death ranges from 1 in 5,300 in high income countries to 1 in 49 in low-income countries . For example , in Western Europe , the rate is 1 in 11,000 . This rate is drastically and fatally higher in the African continent however : in sub-Saharan Africa , the rate is 1 in 41 , and Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounted for 70 % of global maternal deaths in 2020 .
“ Before d . light , we would be looking for torchlight in the middle of the night to deliver babies . We no longer have to go through that stress ,” said Dr Ajayi Olaluwa , Chief Matron at Omatosu Basic Health Centre in the town of Okitipupa in Ondo State , southwest Nigeria .
Ms Olanrewaju Emilia Olanike , Chief Matron at a primary healthcare centre in the Ife South local government area ( LGA ) of Osun State in Nigeria , described the impact of the solar lanterns on the clinic and its patients : “ In the Olode area we have been experiencing a 10-year power outage , so before today we did not have a power supply .
The installation of this alternate power supply means that our clients who were afraid of coming to us in the night have now been coming . It makes our job easier especially during labour and delivery cases at night .”
d . light Co-founder Ned Tozun comments on the 600 clinics powered by their product : “ I remember early on in d . light ’ s history , a nurse shared with me that she had already delivered 15 babies with d . light ’ s products . Before , they had been delivering babies
FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE , RELIABLE AND SAFE LIGHT IS STILL OFTEN OUT OF REACH .
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