The Evidence: Maternal Health in Malawi

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BBC

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4.3 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The process of childbirth can be painful yet amazing, but at times and in some places, also very dangerous. Recorded in Malawi, East Africa, Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of maternal health experts to figure out why it is that the equivalent of a large jumbo jet full of women die every day due to pregnancy or childbirth. Together, they examine how so many women can still be at risk during this period despite a greater access to healthcare. They also look into whether an eighty-year-old drug could be a game-changer when it comes to haemorrhage. Plus, they consider a study of 1.3 million women which asked what it is that women actually want from maternal healthcare. With Owen Chikwaza from the Malawi Ministry of Health, Linda Mipando of Kamuzu University and Elimase Kamanga-Gama, Director of the White Ribbon Alliance Malawi, Claudia looks at the many challenges and successes within the field, drawing from local experiences to offer global insights.

Produced by: Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Editor: Holly Squire Production Coordinator: Siobhan Maguire Presenter: Claudia Hammond Studio Engineers: Andrew Saunderson and David Sproule

(Photo: Pregnant woman being examined by a doctor. Credit: Holly Squire BBC)

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.4	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC commissioner for a load of sport
0:07.4	podcasts. I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with
0:10.7	leading journalists, experienced pundits and the biggest
0:13.2	sports stars. Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights
0:17.5	straight from the player's mouths. But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sporting world.
0:24.4	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection
0:28.7	to dedicated sports fans across the UK.
0:31.1	So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.
0:40.8	Hello I'm Claudia Hammond and a very warm welcome to the evidence from the BBC.
0:46.0	Now the evidence is produced in collaboration with Welcome Collection and in each episode
0:51.6	we take a health issue and we unpick the science looking at the latest evidence to work out what's going on.
0:58.0	Now today I'm with a live audience at the Malawi Liverpool Welcome Research Program, which is a research institute in Blantyre
1:05.6	Malawi to discuss mothers and childbirth. Now it is wonderful to be here and since we're in Malawi
1:11.5	I am of course going to start off by greeting everyone I've been learning this
1:15.9	Moni Nonsie
1:18.9	Mouli Brange
1:22.3	Bouli Brangee
1:22.3	Bueno everyone to your game. Buenu, Zicamo everyone.
1:25.0	How was that?
1:26.0	Was that any good?
1:27.0	Oh, okay.
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