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Midwives mix tradition, science to curb maternal deaths in Chiapas
Aug 12, 2014, 12:39 PM 0
By Lauren Loftus Cronkite News Service BOCHIL, Chiapas, Mexico – “Una nina,” the old woman said with a smile. A girl. Known simply as Doña Mercedes, the midwife had made this diagnosis after pressing wrinkled hands down hard on…