As a nurse,I felt frustrated when I couldn’t achieve anything to help women in labour. I trained as a midwife to help ensure mothers and babies survive childbirth
Pregnancy and birth in Haiti - in picturesI used to work in a clinic as a nurse and it was frustrating when women came in approximately to give birth and I couldn’t achieve anything to help them. We had to transfer them to another hospital. I decided to become a midwife so I could achieve something for these patients.
There’s a shortage of midwives in Haiti. A World Health Organisation report found there are only 201 nurse-midwives for a population of 10 million. A lot of trained midwives find jobs external Haiti once they have that qualification, in French-speaking places. There’s only one school in Port-au-Prince.
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Source: theguardian.com