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Filtering by: Creator Tortell, Philippe D. Advisor Cheyney, Melissa J. Degree Name Master of Arts (M.A.)

(Re)-conceiving birthing spaces in India : exploring NGO promotion of institutional delivery in Rajasthan, India

Creator:

Price, Sara

Abstract:

In India, globalized flows of bio-medical discourse, practices and technologies are reshaping the field of reproductive healthcare, and the performance of childbirth more specifically. These projects aim to produce institutional delivery rooms that are "safe and modernized" by equating the utilization of westernized, obstetric techniques for managing delivery with better...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Shattered lives : understanding obstetric fistula in Uganda

Creator:

Ruder, Bonnie J.

Abstract:

In Uganda, there are an estimated 200,000 women suffering from obstetric fistula, with 1,900 new cases expected annually. These figures, combined with a persistently high maternal mortality rate, have led to an international discourse that claims the solution to improving maternal health outcomes is facility-based delivery with a skilled birth...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis