Ethiopia
Safe Surgery
Dying to Give Birth
For almost seven years in the 1980s, I lived on Mali’s Dogon Plateau. I was a Peace Corps volunteer focused on primary health care and spent most of my time with women. I learned about their joys, sorrows, dreams, struggles and, surprisingly, their great fear of childbirth.
Making Surgery Work at a New Hospital
At the newly opened Dangila Hospital, surgical officers are empowered to identify problems and barriers to high-quality surgical care and drive the changes needed to improve services.