New TBAs

Jane holding new baby delivered by Kafwa in Zambia

Jane Chibwe, Kafwa supervisor in Luapula, Zambia, proudly shares a picture of one of the first 4 babies the Kafwa delivered in her area.  In the 90s Zambia welcomed Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) and even collaborated to train them.  Then they decided all mothers had to go to hospitals for delivery and TBAs were no longer allowed.  Soon discovering that the maternal death rate was rising because mothers could not get to hospitals, they recently reversed their ruling.

Now Jane and her cohort of new Kafwa are working closely with government clinics to safely deliver babies.