UNFPA ESARO | How Zambia has reduced maternal deaths by 300 per cent in 16 years
MONGU, Western Province, Zambia—“Growing up in a remote village, I witnessed my grandmother, a traditional birth attendant, assisting women and girls to deliver babies. She would perform these deliveries at home, using local herbs to try and address complications,” said Michelle Simukayi, a student at Lewanika College of Nursing and Midwifery in Western Province.
Source: unfpa.org