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Chun-Mei Li
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A Tale of Two Worlds in Maternal Health
In one world, childbirth is overly medicalized. A C-section can be lifesaving in obstetric emergencies, but a rise in C-sections for nonemergencies has become a global concern. The second world is one in which access to essential health services is limited. More than 800 women and 7,000 babies who are less than a month old die every day due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. The majority of these deaths could be prevented through access to quality health care.
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Indigenous Midwives in the Lead: Connecting Communities and Delivering Culturally Competent Care
A 2018 study in The Lancet showed that 5 million people in low- to middle-income countries died in 2016 from poor quality healthcare, and an additional 1.5 million people from not having access to care itself.
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Raising the Bar for Midwifery Education
A few years ago, I met Wang Linyun, a nurse/midwife from Taiyuan Maternity Hospital in Shanxi, China. The photo below is a screenshot from an interview—she is expressing the utter desperation and helplessness she felt when she did not know how to help a baby experiencing childbirth complications. If a baby died or suffered a long-term disability, she blamed herself!
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