A local hospital in Lee's Summit, Missouri recently posted this celebratory sign:
But we think our Wasaidizi health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo can go one better. A small but mighty cadre of seven volunteer Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), has delivered more than 11,468 baabies in the last six years. No shiny hospital delivery rooms, no back-up surgery suites, no electricity, no running water. And yet these amazing TBAs come out in the middle of the night to safely deliver hundreds of babies. Living in a country with one of the highest maternal death rates in the world, these women defy the odds and totally change the grim statistics in their part of the world.
They may not have a billboard announcing their accomplishments, but we think they're incredible!! And so do countless mothers and babies.
But we think our Wasaidizi health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo can go one better. A small but mighty cadre of seven volunteer Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs), has delivered more than 11,468 baabies in the last six years. No shiny hospital delivery rooms, no back-up surgery suites, no electricity, no running water. And yet these amazing TBAs come out in the middle of the night to safely deliver hundreds of babies. Living in a country with one of the highest maternal death rates in the world, these women defy the odds and totally change the grim statistics in their part of the world.
They may not have a billboard announcing their accomplishments, but we think they're incredible!! And so do countless mothers and babies.
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