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Working to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Pakistan highlights the complexities of empowering the citizen-consumer by implementing reform in the public obstetric and gynaecological health care sector of Pakistan. Every year approximately 30,000 women die from pregnancy related complications and a further 375,000 suffer severe post-natal injuries. These figures place Pakistans maternal death and morbidity rates as the highest in South Asia.

In poor remote communities in the tropics, river blindness (Onchocerciasis) affects 18 million people, 99% of these in Africa. The nation of Uganda has made major commitments to fight this disease in conjunction with The Carter Center in Atlanta. Together, their goal is to completely rid the rivers of these parasites.

In India, groups that are at high risk for HIV are proving that the disease cannot be contained by education and condom distribution alone. This video shows how Ashodaya Samithi--a community-based organization supported by Avahan, the foundation's HIV initiative in India--unites and empowers sex workers.

Medicines for Malaria Venture is dedicated to reducing the burden of malaria in disease-endemic countries by discovering, developing and facilitating delivery of new, effective and affordable antimalarial drugs.

The Commonwealth's Health department portfolio encompasses Ehealth, HIV/Aids, Infant mortality, health workforce and non-communicable diseases.