Pregnant women face added health risks when they flee Sudan to the Central African Republic — where women are 40 times more likely to die in childbirth than in the U.S. There, they find a fragile healthcare system impacted by aid cuts.

When labour pains struck Sudanese refugee Maude Ahmad Fadala, there was no clinic nearby, no transport and no money to reach a hospital. Hours later, weakened by illness and…

Women are 40 times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth in Central African Republic than in the United States, according to the United Nations.