Cutting the Cord: A Midwife Abroad

Fieldset

South Sudan

Real name:

Mara Evans

Mara

Mara Evans

Midwife

"Like me, he has never seen female genital mutilation before'"

Mara blogs about life in the maternity ward . . .

14 Jul 2016 / 4 minute read

Mara Evans

Midwife

My First Kiss

Midwife Mara shares a patient story that isn't quite as romantic as it sounds...

01 Jul 2016 / 6 minute read

Mara Evans

Midwife

Life and death

"These regular reminders of life’s fragility, although startling, provide proper opportunity to reflect on things taken for granted."

04 May 2016 / 7 minute read

The MSF hospital in Agok is the only facility providing secondary healthcare in the entire Abyei region

Mara Evans

Midwife

A Day in Agok

Before the sun even begins to rise, the day begins in the MSF Agok living compound. Inside my thatched tukul and beneath my canopy of mosquito net, my watch alarm beeps 7 o’clock.

09 Mar 2016 / 6 minute read

Mara Evans

Midwife

Calling myself an 'MSF midwife'

The principles of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) have always appealed to me.

16 Feb 2016 / 4 minute read