Edna Adan Ismail
Summary:
In some African countries, a mother has a greater than one in ten chance of dying in childbirth. Tune in as host Jackie Wolf and guest Edna Adan Ismail discuss maternal health and mortality in Africa.
Host:
Jackie Wolf is Associate Professor of the History of Medicine in the Department of Social Medicine at Ohio University.
Guest:
Edna Adan Ismail
Founder and director of the Edna Adan Maternity and Training Hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland
Former Minister of Family Welfare and Social Development of the Republic of Somaliland.
Interesting Facts from the Show:
Infection, hemorrhage, and unsafe abortion cause most of the world's maternal deaths, all of which can be managed by medical treatment and midwifery skills.
- Guild Notes
Strategies for reducing Maternal Mortality:
- Increase the socioeconomic level of the population
- Provide family planning services to the entire population
- Provide skilled obstetric care to all women
- Strength adolescent health
- Provide skilled medical help to perform any desired abortions
- Internet Journal of Health
Only 42 percent of births in Africa are attended by skilled personnel.
- Institute for African Development, Cornell University
Of the 529,000 maternal deaths in the world each year, 251,000 of those deaths occur in Africa.
- Guild Notes
Producer:
Blis Hanousek Devault
Assistant Producer:
Michael Seymour
Director:
Mike Rodriguez
Technical Director:
Kate Barco
Audio:
Mark Robinson
Cameras:
Zane Shapiro
William Tapper
Jeremy Yates
Related Links:
Ohio University Scripps College of Communications
http://www.scrippscollege.ohio.edu/
"A Fight to Save Mothers" Video
http://video.on.nytimes.com/-fr_story=ae57b849af8a3eec78d7095b149b19561e18f738
