Cote d’Ivoire: ‘Bringing Smiles to Mothers and Babies’ – Midwives Promote Safe Births At Nimbo Health Centre in Côte d’Ivoire

Entrepreneur Rosine Gnohou was at a prenatal check-up when the midwife she was seeing delivered some concerning news: Her amniotic fluid levels were low.

“The midwife referred me to Bouaké’s regional hospital for delivery,” Ms. Gnohou told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. “I was frightened because I’d previously experienced a miscarriage and was desperate not to lose another child.”

Ms. Gnohou’s worried husband called her over and over again during her ambulance…