Take Charge of Your Future Health After a Preeclamptic Pregnancy Global partners rally around important message on World Preeclampsia Day, May 22, 2021 News provided by Share this article Share this article MELBOURNE, Fla., May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- About one in ten women, globally, will experience a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, including preeclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP ( Hemolysis, Low Platelet count) Syndrome. Each year, these disorders claim the lives of nearly 76,000 mothers and 500,000 babies (as they are a leading cause of preterm birth) worldwide. The health risk does n...