The article highlights the severe flood disaster in Chad that endangered pregnant women, like one who had to give birth in unsafe conditions. Yewande Odia, head of the UNFPA office in Chad, described the vital role of midwives equipped with reproductive health kits, which enable safe deliveries even in crisis situations. However, these essential services are at risk due to potential cuts in funding from the U.S. State Department, which threatens maternal health efforts in a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates globally.
"This is critical life saving work that [the midwives] do," says Odia.
"Babies don't tell you what time they're coming," says Odia. "And she's stuck in horrible, dirty, stinky sewage water and she's giving birth."
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