Births In The Slums (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

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(as per Google translate)

Saja - a pregnant mother of the family, preparing to give birth to another child in a slum Korayl in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Saja living in a small, stuffy and dirty little room in a slum Korayl, surrounded by plants. As in most other slums, there are no doctors, no basic health units. Like hundreds of years ago, there is only midwives to help deliver a baby. However, their skills under a big question, and give birth under their care is pretty risky business - many women die in childbirth along with their newborn. In Bangladesh, the world's highest mortality rate of pregnant - 440 per 100 thousand population. It is caused by the fact that most births in this country is taken by unskilled and uneducated midwife.

Saja decided to give birth under the supervision of a midwife. She believes that if God wants, then all goes well. In the stale air slum closet, without any modern equipment and medicines, Saja uncomplicated birth to a boy.