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Distro - Maternal Health in Laos 

Chien-Chi Chang 

(Text by Karen Emmons)

In labour for at least ten hours, 25-year-old Xanya had nearly twirled herself around her husband in quiet agony. He had held her in the family tak-tak (an open-air cart attached to a motor by the world’s longest handlebars) along the 12 kilometres of rocky road from their home to the district hospital, hoping his body would absorb the continuous jolts. Now he stood there in the delivery room in his bare feet and farmer dirt, handsomely sturdy but helpless as their second baby refused to drop down.

A caesarean procedure seemed likely, an observing midwife whispered. At... 

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LAOS. Vientaine. 2012. Dr. Esther Muia, UNFPA representative... 

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LAOS. Vientaine. 2012. Young volunteers at Viantaine Youth Center... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. Health care providers at Manju Health Center... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. A pregnant woman visits Manju Health Center... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. A pregnant woman visits Manju Health Center... 

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LAOS. Keng Ki village in Sepon District. 2012. Community midwives... 

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LAOS. Keng Ki village in Sepon District. 2012. Community midwives... 

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LAOS. Keng Ki village in Sepon District. 2012. Community midwives... 

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LAOS. Keng Ki village in Sepon Districtt. 2012. 

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LAOS. Keng Ki village in Sepon District. 2012. 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. Pregnant women and mothers visit Sepon District... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. Pregnant women and mothers visit Sepon District... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. Two pregnant women in labour seek comfort... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. A mother and her brand new baby born half... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. Sepon District Hospital. 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. A pregnant woman at Sepon District hospital.... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. An 18-year-old mother with her new baby. 

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LAOS. Savannakhet. 2012. Midwives are trained at Savannakhet... 

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LAOS. Savannakhet. 2012. Midwives are trained at Savannakhet... 

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LAOS. Savannakhet. 2012. Midwives are trained at Savannakhet... 

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LAOS. Savannakhet. 2012. Students at Savannakhet Health Provincial... 

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LAOS. Vientaine. 2012. Mekong at dusk. 

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LAOS. Vientaine. 2012. Staff members at UNDP and Lao PDR Round... 

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LAOS. Vientaine. 2012. Workers along Mekong. 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. A pregnant woman ready to give birth at Sepon... 

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LAOS. Savannakhet. 2012. Health Provincial School. 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. Health care providers at Manju Health Center... 

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LAOS. Savannakhet. 2012. Bouavanh Songmala, 30, one of the country’s... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. Health care providers at Manju Health Center... 

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LAOS. Keng Ki village in Sepon District. 2012. Community midwives... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. Pregnant women and mothers visit Sepon District... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. A pregnant woman in labour seeks assistance... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. A mother and her brand new baby born half... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. A mother and her brand new baby born half... 

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LAOS. Sepon. 2012. Bounleu Saiyabong, 54, Keng Ki village headman.... 
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