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Haiti - Specialist Maternity Care in a Container Ship Hospital

Haiti / 02.12.11

Giving birth in Haiti is risky. It has the highest maternal death rate in the western hemisphere and only a quarter of births are supervised by skilled medics. A new maternity hospital built entirely out of shipping containers, by Médecins Sans Frontières, is providing specialist care for mothers and babies at risk.