“I am proud to be a midwife because I save a lot of lives”: survey and interviews with graduates of International Medical Corps’ midwifery education programme in South Sudan
Open Access
- 31 December 2025
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
- Vol. 33 (1)
Abstract
South Sudan has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios (MMR) in the world. The MMR has declined from 1687 to 1223 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births since 2000,1 largely due to the incre...Keywords
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