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Silent Heroes of the Amazon: Traditional Midwives Face Climate Crisis

April 7, 2025

As climate change intensifies droughts in the Amazon rainforest, traditional midwives like Tabita dos Santos Moraes become lifelines for pregnant women in remote communities where once-navigable rivers have shrunk to impassable streams, making the journey to hospitals dangerous or impossible.

Categories Angel Sightings Tags Brazil, Drought, Maternal health, Midwife

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