Congo-Kinshasa: A Chance Encounter Leads to Critical Maternal Care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo-Kinshasa: A Chance Encounter Leads to Critical Maternal Care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Chance Azina walked slowly along the streets of Goma in North Kivu Province, her body weighed down by the heat at seven months pregnant. Like many others, she was trying to maintain a sense of normality, despite having been displaced multiple times by the intense violence flaring across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Discovering a woman lying down, showing signs of labor, Ms. Than Thi Thanh (Viet Yen Town, Bac Giang) and some locals decided to help deliver the baby right on the sidewalk.

A chance encounter leads to critical maternal care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

NORTH KIVU PROVINCE, The Democratic Republic of the Congo – Chance Azina walked slowly along the streets of Goma in North Kivu Province, her body weighed down by the heat at seven months pregnant. Like many others, she was trying to maintain a sense of normality, despite having been displaced multiple times by the intense violence flaring across the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.