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Health innovations. Specialist maternity care in Haiti /

Giving birth in Haiti is risky. It has the highest maternal death rate in the western hemisphere and only a quarter of births are supervised by skilled medics. A new maternity hospital built entirely out of shipping containers, by Medecins Sans Frontieres, is providing specialist care for mothers an...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: London, England : SW Pictures, 2018.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Hospitals > Maternity services > Haiti.
Newborn infants > Medical care > Haiti.
Medical assistance > Haiti.
Aide sanitaire > Haïti.
Hospitals > Maternity services
Medical assistance
Newborn infants > Medical care
Haiti
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Summary:Giving birth in Haiti is risky. It has the highest maternal death rate in the western hemisphere and only a quarter of births are supervised by skilled medics. A new maternity hospital built entirely out of shipping containers, by Medecins Sans Frontieres, is providing specialist care for mothers and babies at risk.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 07, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (3 minutes)
Playing Time:00:03:25