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Midwives Could Help Stem Maternal and Infant Death Toll
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
11 Aug 2020
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Margaret Kimberley · Midwives Could Help Stem Maternal and Infant Death Toll

Dr Sasha Turner, professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, says more extensive use of midwives would reduce skyrocketing increases in maternal birth difficulties, worldwide. The problem is hostility to midwifery from professional doctors, nurses and medical corporations, said Turner, whose book is titled “Contested Bodies: Pregnancy, Childbearing, and Slavery in Jamaica.”

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