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Cutting the Cord: A Midwife Abroad
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Cutting the Cord: A Midwife Abroad
South Sudan
Real name:
Mara Evans
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
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