2014 May

Up a mountain, down a mountain, up a mountain, down a . . .

You get the idea - 3 mountains in 24 hours! B'ham's Wilderness Medicine Society is climbing the highest peaks in England, Scotland and Wales in an adrenalin fuelled 24 hours next month. They'll be drawing attention to the perils facing mothers in some of the poorest parts of the world and raising funds to fuel Ammalife's [...]

The stories behind the numbers: please help us to the top of the mountain

We often repeat the statistical headlines of maternal mortality in the developing world, so in case all the numbers seem somewhat abstract, we'd like to tell you a story... Ammalife supporter Preth de Silva is currently undertaking elective medical work in Ghana. On the first day of his time at the hospital, he found a woman lying on [...]