Ethiopia
HealthTeach Traditional Ethiopian Midwives to Save Lives
Teach Traditional Ethiopian Midwives to Save Lives
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Delivering drugs to save lives
Venture Strategies’ technical advisor, Dr Ndola Prata, shows misoprostol tablets to an Ethiopian traditional midwife.
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A solution at last
Dr Ndola Prata shows a package of misoprostol to traditional midwives during a training session. They are excited and relieved to have their first technology with the potential to dramatically reduce mothers' deaths from hemorrhage.
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Rejoicing
The traditional midwives start dancing and singing after their training session, expressing their thanks for the program.
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The women of Ethiopia
A beautiful Ethiopian woman at a clinic.
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Girl, waiting
A girl waits for her mother outside a rural hospital. Families may wait for days at the hospital gates while their loved ones are treated.
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Ethiopian countryside
Exquisite and isolated, this is part of the geographic challenge of delivering health care to remote villages typical of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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On the edge of town
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Midwives make links into the community
This Maternal and Child Health nurse trains and empowers traditional birth attendants in the communities surrounding the reference health center where she works, to offer misoprostol and refer complications to the health center.
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Attendees at the Women's Association meeting in Tigray
Photo from Progress Report 'Awareness campaign'
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