Nurses and more recently, mid wives. Since 2009, midwifery courses are offered at 19 schools across the country. Qualified nurses graduate after one year. Those who complete the courses are then dispatched to different regions around the country, so far, 1,200 mid wives have been trained and licensed. The government plans to increase the number to 1,500 by the end of 2015. Laos is one of the poorest countries in asia. The country still lacks adequate medical facilities and its the worst among all the underdeveloped nations. This woman completed her midwife training three years ago. She now has sole responsibility for 16 villages. She provides pregnant women regular Health Checks and teaches them about the importance of diet as well as what to expect before and after childbirth. Old customs run deep in laos, and sometimes clash with the modern world. Many expectant mothers choose to ignore the advice of modern day mid wives. We follow a laotian midwife in her tireless efforts to provide
Gender, gender identity, Sexual Orientation, religion and disability. In addition to race, color and national origin. Because of our mandate, we have the capacity and the ability to go into communities, whether its the school, because i consider that a community, whether its the community at large, we work with entities such as Law Enforcement, superintendents, individual schools, mayors, Community Members leaders and the goal is to ensure that we provide the tools for that community. When it comes to the education realm, we address many Different Cases and concerns within the community and some of the cases that weve addressed through the delivery of services have dealt with student racial conflicts intentions or when theres a School Protest or demonstration and they ask us to come in, School Disturbance case or violence, a conflict over school policing which we know exists in several communities and conflict over disparities and treatment or in opportunities. We may receive a call fr
Last night. As nbc 10s drew smith reports her neighbors are anxious. Investigators are searching for the killer. Reporter the mess in this apartment has police calling it a sadistic murder. Our killer was very, very angry. Reporter blood on the wall, her naked body left in the bathtub with the shower running. There were injuries all over her head, face and neck. Plus signs of possible strangulation. She was a very nice lady. Its scary because i live next door and i have children. Reporter it gets more disturbing. Investigators say the killer left a message on the wall. Which showed they meant to hurt and embarrass benson. It was done with a hatred, with a vengeance, and with just predatory sadistic violence. Reporter police have cleared this scene and locked the apartment back up. It was locked when her friends came here yesterday to find her and Police Believe that means the killer likely had a way in. Thats awful. No one heard anything . Unbelievable. How did someone get away with th
Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in ten minutes. But jirs alert traffic reporter has a look at friday morning. For drivers in chester county, a live look at route 202 right at route 252, free and clear of any accidents. Taking a look at the pennsylvania turnpike right now, its looking great. Your drive times between route 1 and valley forge in both directions, 22 minutes. In issues on the turnpike and construction in this hour is lifting. In abingdon township, were following a water tweak on easton road. You can take york road around that. And also for new Jersey Drivers along the garden state parkway, theres an accident thats closed the parkway southbound between sea aisle boulevard and the exit at avalon. You can take route 9 around that. Holiday shopping procrastinators are expected to be out in full force on this last weekend before christmas, especially tomorrow which is now known as super saturday. There are six shopping days left. Today starts a marat
His starstudded sendoff today, friday, december 19th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Weve got hoda in while savannah takes a little time off today. What am i doing here . Were going to have fun. Did you see the show last night, colbert . A little late. I watched the tape of it. And my gosh, to be part of that crowd. Ive got to tell you, i think that beats your selfie. Thats pretty good. Anytime you get begginburg. And george lucas meanwhile, its like deja vu all over again. Remember thanksgiving, that terrible storm. Youre talking about something similar for christmas. If you can get to where you need to go this weekend, do it. Especially the eastern half of the country, it is a mess. Two systems. One up in the upper great lakes, the other in the gulf coast. Warm, moist flow, cold air behind it. You can see, we start off Tuesday Morning w