maternity in far-west mozambique
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Assignment for Marie Claire Italia and the NGO Save the ChildrenTRANSCRIPT
Maternity in far-west
Mozambique
Assignment done for Marie Claire Italia and the NGO Save the Children
in May 2011
One of the doctor of the maternity village build in Mabalane at 4 hours of drive from the nearest town with medical device. Here pregnant women can live the last months of their maternity close to a medical team.
A young mother explain that she know condom are distributed but men do not want to hear about them. adding that «there is nothing to do about it»
Five pregnant women coming from all Mabalane surroundings to stay in one of this small house that makes up the maternity village
Next page : a young mother in Mabalane and the head of the village
Left: a young mother in Mabalane
hospital
Right: workers that just finished buil-ding the Save the Children Hospital
Helmets and a member of the Save the Children motorcycle squad ; they are 5 and everyday they travel dozens of kilometers to go in remote village and inform them about pregnancy, HIV or condom issues
Fausta Tembe is the doctor in the Mabalane district; at just about 30 years old, she is part of the new middle class coming from Maputo the capital