please help for debate!
2007-09-27 05:18:57 · 10 answers · asked by MylittleDecoy. 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
As other posters have pointed out, it's not just childbirth that is a problem. And it goes way beyond just training midwives. Some cultures value men by how many children they father and women by how many children they give birth to. So someone would have to eradicate that mindset and encourage spacing children for their health and the health of the women. Then there's lack of decent food, clean water, and medical supplies. Many times, women have to travel long distances to access medical care, and since many don't have transportation, that means walking.
I actually think training midwives and putting them where women are might lower the maternal mortality rate, but not necessarily the infant mortality rate.
2007-09-27 05:32:02 · answer #1 · answered by VeggieTart -- Let's Go Caps! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure it would help, along with cleaner conditions and prenatal care, however it is not the whole answer to the problem of infant mortality. The nutrition of the mothers has alot to do with it. And the infants who do live, may not live long. Better training for midwives is a bandaid.
2007-09-27 05:26:26 · answer #2 · answered by canam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, train the midwives and communicate and educate the women about safe birth.
2007-09-27 05:23:31 · answer #3 · answered by yipeeyahyah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They are usually taken within the village so they better understand specific cultural traditions to a particular region and work well within them. They also can use their knowledge to educate women in simple means of birth control.
2007-09-27 05:23:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, but what would really be helpful is if the corrupt & greedy dictators of all those African countries actually spent any of the country's revenues (and aid $$ from us) on the poor instead of spenign it on new Mercedes Benzs for themselves.
2007-09-27 05:22:01 · answer #5 · answered by JeffyB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Couldn't hurt.
2007-09-27 05:23:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no matter how well they are trained, if they dont have the adequate materials or supplies they still cant provide proper care.
2007-09-27 05:36:26 · answer #7 · answered by LADYPRINCEZZ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well they might be better trained than Americans are. its not a question of training but poverty, and lack of proper medical care and nutrition.
2007-09-27 05:22:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it would.
2007-09-27 05:42:55 · answer #9 · answered by Fedup Veteran 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no medical education and nutrition.
2007-09-27 05:21:30 · answer #10 · answered by CATWOMAN 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋