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Article Excerpt
By Bonnie Allen
BAILA, Liberia, Oct. 1, 2009 (IPS/GIN) - As heavy rain hammers the grass thatch roof of her mud hut, Goromah Borbor huddles inside and quietly describes how her daughter Annie died while giving birth.
"When she was in pain, I called for the midwife," recounts Borbor, fidgeting with a long row of beaded bracelets on her arm. "The girl had started fighting and shaking... then, her lip and mouth and everything started swelling up."
The Borbor family lives in Baila, a village in central Liberia with three thousand people but no clinic. In emergencies, villagers must travel an hour by car to the nearest hospital, a trip that becomes more difficult during rainy season when roads deteriorate and fewer cars attempt the journey.
Like hundreds of other women in Liberia every year, Annie Borbor died at home due to complications arising from pregnancy and...
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