A book for midwives

Finding root causes of health problemsMake a plan. You will needto decide who will do each task,what they will need to do it, andwhen they will do it.I can pay for the seeds,but we all must worktogether to plant andcare for them.Be sure to meet again to talk about how the plan is going.The seedlings are comingup well. And everyonehas been taking turnswatering themI talked to the storekeeper,and he said he will not sellbeans — they don’t makeenough money for him.The chickenshave startedlaying.Let’s all go to thestorekeeper together.If we tell him we’ll stopbuying anything fromhim, he may listen toour demands!Midwives can make changeMidwives and the women they serve may face any kind of health problem, fromsimple ones like nausea to serious ones like a bad hemorrhage. But whenmidwives work carefully to discover causes, and use wise judgment and supportfrom the community, they can solve nearly any problem, even many of the mostdifficult ones.A Book for Midwives (2009)25