Reality Check: Reflections From a Midwife on Real World Challenges
At the Integration of Maternal and Newborn Health Care technical meeting, Nosa Orobaton gave this presentation for Nafisatu Omar, who couldn’t attend the meeting. Orobaton gave a “reality check” on the challenges facing providers of maternal and newborn health care. Omar’s presentation drew on her work as a practicing nurse/midwife in Bauchi State, Nigeria, including experiences with training and education for nurse/midwives; social and cultural barriers to care seeking; malaria and anemia in pregnancy and practicing in settings with high MMR and TFR.