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Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 9:34
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] Midwifery in East
Timor
Dear All,
I am a Midwife and Childbirth Educator working on the Central Coast of
NSW. I went to East Timor in May, after hearing that their mortality
rate is 100 times that of Australia! Only 10% of the women birth with a
trained professional present. Many birth alone, or with an untrained
relative or friend. There are village women who assist with births in
the remote villages. One village I visited was a 9 hour bus trip
from Dili (just 180 kms away).
I have been asked to provide some training for these women in the remote
villages so that they are able to better care for these women and reduce the
poor outcomes, and to be able to recognise problems during the pregnancy so
that they can be moved into Dili before birth.
I am working on a training package at present, which will need to be
translated into Tetum. The training will take place at a Clinic in Dili
where there are about 60 births / month. I also need to become more
fluent in their language - Tetum. I will return to East Timor either
later this year, or early next year.
This is a voluntary venture, and the training will be provided free of
charge for the village women, with accomodation included. I will be
looking for sponsorship for this as well as resources for these women to use
in their villages at the completion of the training. It is anticipated
that this will be on-going, with maybe two trips / year to check and see how
they are going and provide more training. There are 5 women interested
in the training at present.
If there is anyone who may have an interest in assisting with this
training, or assisting in some way, or would like to know more, please contact
me via email.
Regards,
Margaret
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