By: Ambereen Sleemi

In Mendefera, Eritrea, I am part of a small team of visiting surgeons who work with and train local surgeons to care for women with severe maternal birth trauma. This trauma is almost always the result of lack of access to emergency obstetric care, primarily a cesarean delivery. The women we care for, like Elsa, who labored at home for two to three days before her family could bring her to the hospital, are mostly poor.

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