Safe delivery: traditional birth attendants in Liberia

As Liberia recovers from civil war, health workers and midwives are in short supply. When village women give birth, they are usually helped by a traditional birth attendant from their own community. This film tells the story of a training programme, developed by the Liberian Ministry of Health and the ICRC, to improve the skills of traditional birth attendants. When the participants complete the course, they know how to help with normal deliveries and when to send women with problems to the nearest health centre. http://www.icrc.org

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• red cross
• international red cross
• icrc
• geneva conventions
• victims of war
• children in war
• armed conflict
• war
• displacement
• women
• birth
• health
• liberia
• africa

[ureywindor]

our mothers have always been strong....TGFT

[997loverbrnin89]

THEY SOME RECOGNIZATION AWARDS AND SUPPLIES AND HELP

[fullspectrumrainbow]

beautiful

[hebrewbaby]

This is beautiful! ...a wellspring of emotions.

[alecatis]

Im proud of these ladies and their people, they feel important because they know they are trained to help pregnant women and everybody know who they are!! Congratulation to this program and midwifes!! God bless Africans people!

[gbalah162]

what a great idea in my opinion

[phinix077]

Liberians we have come a very long way. I am sooo proud of these women, well done.

[sineddy2]

very interesting