49 分鐘

The Evidence: Maternal Health in Malawi Discovery

    • 科學

The process of childbirth can be painful yet amazing, but at times and in some places, also very dangerous. Recorded in Malawi, East Africa, Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of maternal health experts to figure out why it is that the equivalent of a large jumbo jet full of women die every day due to pregnancy or childbirth. Together, they examine how so many women can still be at risk during this period despite a greater access to healthcare. They also look into whether an eighty-year-old drug could be a game-changer when it comes to haemorrhage. Plus, they consider a study of 1.3 million women which asked what it is that women actually want from maternal healthcare. With Owen Chikwaza from the Malawi Ministry of Health, Linda Mipando of Kamuzu University and Elimase Kamanga-Gama, Director of the White Ribbon Alliance Malawi, Claudia looks at the many challenges and successes within the field, drawing from local experiences to offer global insights.
Produced by: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
Editor: Holly Squire
Production Coordinator: Siobhan Maguire
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Studio Engineers: Andrew Saunderson and David Sproule
(Photo: Pregnant woman being examined by a doctor. Credit: Holly Squire BBC)

The process of childbirth can be painful yet amazing, but at times and in some places, also very dangerous. Recorded in Malawi, East Africa, Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of maternal health experts to figure out why it is that the equivalent of a large jumbo jet full of women die every day due to pregnancy or childbirth. Together, they examine how so many women can still be at risk during this period despite a greater access to healthcare. They also look into whether an eighty-year-old drug could be a game-changer when it comes to haemorrhage. Plus, they consider a study of 1.3 million women which asked what it is that women actually want from maternal healthcare. With Owen Chikwaza from the Malawi Ministry of Health, Linda Mipando of Kamuzu University and Elimase Kamanga-Gama, Director of the White Ribbon Alliance Malawi, Claudia looks at the many challenges and successes within the field, drawing from local experiences to offer global insights.
Produced by: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins
Editor: Holly Squire
Production Coordinator: Siobhan Maguire
Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Studio Engineers: Andrew Saunderson and David Sproule
(Photo: Pregnant woman being examined by a doctor. Credit: Holly Squire BBC)

49 分鐘

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