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Investing in More Midwives Could Help Save Lives, UN Study Finds
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According to the news service, a United Nations Population Fund study of 58 countries
identified as "suffering from a crisis in human resources for health," shows midwives should be respected and invested in by governments and donors.
"We have now realized that there is a huge potential in the hands of the midwives that was not being exploited," Dr. Vincent Fauveau, who coordinated the study, tells AP, adding that midwives can assist women with birth control services.
Some of the study's findings, according to the news service, include:
- Just 6 percent of births in Ethiopia are attended by a doctor, nurse or midwife.
- AIDS is linked to nearly 80 percent of maternal deaths in Botswana.
- Midwives in Liberia often deal with 10 to 15 deliveries a day; U.N. health agency recommendations say that number should be one or two.
"The revolution will not take place in a few months or a few years," he tells the news service. "It's a long-term strategy."
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6-20-2011 @ 9:15PM
trish said...Midwives are a very important person, and a doctor is usualy a male so they don't know their importance. Midwives aren't a treat to doctors but a complament to a doctor, and hoping some day they could work side by side. My neice is a midwife, has been for several years, and her business is doing well. I think, there should be more midwives around the country.
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6-20-2011 @ 9:23PM
jerry m said...fewer pregnancies will result in fewer infant deaths. there is your answer.
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6-20-2011 @ 9:38PM
Tom L said...Eliminating circumcision would eliminate about a hundred infant male deaths in the USA each year.
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6-21-2011 @ 4:11PM
Cyn said...Implementing a law against the genital mutilation of infant boys (i.e. circumcision) would save anywhere from 100-500 babies per year. That's a good place to start.
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6-21-2011 @ 12:08AM
Ron said...I know how to cut infant death rates....defund abortion and reverse roe v wade......
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6-21-2011 @ 4:05AM
A said...I'm not so sure what kind of difference midwives could make in the above-mentioned third world countries. The women there usually have no say in whether they want children or how many they want, so how are they supposed to help them out with birth control?
@Ron: how about prohibiting women from voting while we're at it?
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