Birth Control

The birth in rural Haiti is a miracle in itself

By Ramon C. Spearman
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The photographer Cheryl Hanna-Truscott documented the efforts of the organization Midwives for Haiti. The Haiti-based organization provides midwifery training, health education for Haitian men and women, and maternity services at St. Therese Hospital. Last year more than 3,100 births took place at St. Therese Hospital with the help of 18 qualified obstetricians who were trained by midwives for Haiti. Here are some pictures from Hanna-Truscott’s work

Delivery to St. Therese Hospital, Hinche, supported by qualified obstetricians from Midwives for Haiti (MfH). Photo credit: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott
Limone Clerveau, Headmistress at Midwives for Haiti (MfH), with students during a final exam. Photo credit: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott
Limone Clerveau, headmistress (in printed scrubs) examining a woman in work with students at St. Therese Hospital
Photo credit: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott
MfH student carrying out a contraceptive vaccination in the mobile clinic Selpetre on the central plateau. Photo credit: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott
A Matwòn that demonstrates delivery techniques during an MfH training workshop. Photo credit: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott
A father holds his newborn baby while he waits by his wife’s bed. Photo credit: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott
Pregnant women often go miles and miles to MfH maternity clinics in order to receive further training, assess risks, insure themselves and have community. Photo credit: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott
Both pregnant and postpartum women are waiting for their care in Selpetre’s mobile clinic. Photo credit: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott
Breastfeeding techniques are part of the postpartum services of the MfH. While breastfeeding her three week old child, this mother waits for the skilled obstetrician to remove stitches from her caesarean section. Photo credit: Cheryl Hanna-Truscott



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