Life as a midwife in the UK and in Tanzania

From day one of training as a midwife, we are taught the importance of the principle contained in the Hippocratic oath of “do no harm”. Yet on a recent trip to Tanzania with the development charity WaterAid we met committed, caring, intelligent midwives forced to work in a way that they knew put the mothers […]

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Life as a midwife in the UK and in Tanzania

From day one of training as a midwife, we are taught the importance of the principle contained in the Hippocratic oath of “do no harm”. Yet on a recent trip to Tanzania with the development charity WaterAid we met committed, caring, intelligent midwives forced to work in a way that they knew put the mothers […]

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