In Pakistan, empowering midwives to empower women

TANDO MOHAMMAD KHAN/NAUSHAHARO FEROZE, Pakistan –Aashu Tresa, 32, remembers when becoming a mother was a life-or-death proposition.When she was growing up, no one in her rural village, Misree Kolhi, gave birth under the care of a trained health worker. “Unskilled, untrained birth attendants were doing deliveries in our community. Some of the newborns died and some of the women had infections during deliveries,” she recounted.Even now, thejourney to motherhood remains a dangerous one in Pakistan.
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