BETTER MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES – AND SOMETIMES A MIRACLE – IN GUINEA-BISSAU

During a pregnancy complication at seven months, Ami Campini went to two local health centres before being transported to the Regional Hospital of Buba, Guinea-Bissau and delivering a 1.3-kilogram baby girl via emergency Caesarean section. In rural communities, a lack of skilled health professionals contributes to high maternal and newborn mortality rates. Health centres have nurses and midwives but no obstetrician/gynaecologists to immediately assess high-risk obstetric cases.