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- 1. More midwives desperately needed in Tanzania
The size of the nursing-midwifery school classes in Tanzania is rapidly shrinking, and the shortage of midwives is felt throughout the country. According to the 2010 Tanzania Demographic Health Survey, only half of births in Tanzania are attended by skilled health personnel. For every 100,000 births in Tanzania, almost 800 women die needlessly in child birth. Most of these are avoidable with access to care and skilled health workers.
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- By Rose Mlay, WRA Tanzania
- 2. Families Can Reduce Maternal, Infant Deaths
In coordination with the chairperson for the Parliamentarian Group for Safe Motherhood and the Orphan Relief Services (ORS), WRA Tanzania hosted a sensitization workshop that addressed how community members can contribute to improving maternal health.
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- 3. Nurses Counselled on Ethics
White Ribbon Alliance Tanzania takes steps to improve nurse and midwifery training and respectful maternity care.
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- 4. Working with Politicians and Local Leaders to Improve Maternal Health
WRA members around the world are working to make politicians more aware of the need to make maternal health a priority.
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- 5. My experience with maternity care as an HIV positive person
The posting below was submitted by Angela in Tanzania. She describes being stigmatized as an HIV positive patient during maternity care and the negative effect this experience has had on her view of childbirth in general. Her story is an excellent example of how women's experiences of childbirth stay with them for a lifetime and of the effect that disrespectful care can have on a woman's future maternity care choices.
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- By Angela
- 6. Respectful Care During Labor and Childbirth
This posting from Rose Mlay, National Alliance Coordinator for WRA Tanzania, describes a woman’s experience in a maternity ward in Tanzania. Although every woman should have her right to privacy and confidentiality during maternity care upheld, overcrowding and lack of privacy accompany childbirth for many women in Africa.
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- By Rose Mlay, National Coordinator (WRA Tanzania)
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