Todays paper reveals the terrible tragedy with women now having to rely on
themselves to give birth. There is a cheap sanitary birth kit available in
Asia and Africa that helps mothers cut the umbilical cord with a sterile
razor blade so that neither they or their baby get tetanus.
Judy Ritchie
http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/nationworld/story/4477630p-4213459c.html
Site regarding manufacturing a primitive birthkit.
http://www.34millionfriends.org/documents/tsunami.htmhttp://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=550
Cost of supplies: 11. RH Kit No. 2
Cost: $1.67 per kit
Small plastic bag containing a bar of soap, plastic sheet, razor blade and
string to cut and tie umbilical cord and a cotton cloth to wrap the baby.
Source: UNFPA Procurement.
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