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Record 1 2010-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Staff
  • Pregnancy
CONT

A Ugandan nurse-midwife reported that, in Northern Uganda a vegetable and a local plant with oxytocic (uterine-contracting) properties were used … “local herbs every little girl knows; bcause they are young, it is logical when they get that abortion in the jungle, most of them die. But a few lucky ones go through it. Many also have died in captivity because they only [have] those traditional birth attendants in the bush.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel médical
  • Grossesse
CONT

Beaucoup de filles sont aussi mortes en captivité parce que dans la brousse, il n'y avait que ces accoucheuses traditionnelles pour les aider.

Spanish

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