Nairobi, Kenya — There are a variety of reasons why women in traditional or less-developed societies give birth to many children: religious, cultural, economic, status and lack of adequate information. But one reason that seems so obvious once you think about it — but which seldom tops the list — is the fear that the …
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. A few years ago, I helped a mother deliver her third baby at a government clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Her admission card noted that she was HIV positive – something she had discovered during her first …
UNDERFUNDED FACILITIES AND CULTURAL TABOOS MEAN THAT GIVING BIRTH CAN BE A DEADLY GAME OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE FOR WOMEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: One midnight, in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 26-year-old Anna was brought into the labour ward on a stretcher. …