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	<title>Wide Angle &#187; maternal mortality</title>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Introduction</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/introduction/747/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:43:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["Tells an admirable story.... It is too early to gauge the long-term effects
of Mozambique’s program, but in the glimpse provided by this film, it seems full of possibilities.”
–The New York Times

“Feel-good programming that makes you think, too”
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Sub-Saharan Africa is the world's deadliest place to give birth. Each year over a quarter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Full Episode</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/full-episode/5196/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/full-episode/5196/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE travels to Mozambique, where a bold grassroots initiative to train midwives in advanced life-saving surgery has significantly reduced the country's maternal death rate.

Birth of a Surgeon follows Emilia Cumbane, one of the first midwives-in-training. She performs Cesarean sections and hysterectomies in makeshift operating rooms in rural Mozambique. We follow Cumbane from her home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Audio: Maternal Mortality in the U.S. vs. Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/audio-maternal-mortality-in-the-u-s-vs-africa/5140/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hear about high-tech maternal health imbalances.]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Helping Mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/helping-mothers-in-sub-saharan-africa/5180/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/helping-mothers-in-sub-saharan-africa/5180/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[maternal health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE viewers often ask what they can do to help. Here is a short list of some of the organizations that work to support maternal health programs in Sub-Saharan Africa that compliment Mozambique's training program featured in Birth of a Surgeon.

CARE
CARE is a humanitarian organization with a special focus on working alongside poor women. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Emmy Nominations for WIDE ANGLE!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lauren feeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE's Lord's Children and Birth of a Surgeon are nominated for Emmy Awards! 

"It's an honor to be nominated for an Emmy, especially in such fantastic company, with our colleagues over at Now, Worldfocus, Frontline, P.O.V, and Independent Lens," said Pamela Hogan, Executive Producer of both films.

Lord's Children, by Oliver Stoltz and Ali Samadi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Attention, But Less Funding for Reducing Maternal Mortality</title>
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		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/blog/more-attention-but-less-funding-for-reducing-maternal-mortality/5131/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thompsonc</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Francesca Perucci]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A roomful of pregnant women waiting for their prenatal care appointments at La General Hospital in Accra, Ghana, got a treat on Saturday when President Barack Obama stopped by to compliment the hospital's maternal health services.

"Part of the reason this is so important is that throughout Africa, the rate of infant mortality but also maternal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Video: American Midwives &#8216;Catch Babies&#8217; in Hospitals</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/video-american-midwives-catch-babies-in-hospitals/1760/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa biagiotti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE explores the often misunderstood role of midwives in the U.S. We learn about who they are, what they do and where they practice. While midwives attend births in most of the world, physician-attended births are the norm in the U.S.

[MEDIA=255]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Video: Full Episode</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/video-full-episode/1795/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/video-full-episode/1795/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more than half a million women dying in pregnancy or childbirth worldwide, Mozambique’s surgical training programs are being hailed as a model solution in confronting the maternal health crisis facing developing countries. The film captures one woman’s story on the frontlines of improving maternal mortality but it also demonstrates how low-cost, community-based health initiatives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Audio: Public Health Experts on Maternal Death</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/audio-public-health-experts-on-maternal-death/1552/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/audio-public-health-experts-on-maternal-death/1552/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa biagiotti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[


WIDE ANGLE sat down with Lynn Freedman and Helen de Pinho from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. They work with developing countries and international agencies to improve availability and quality of emergency obstetric care for women in childbirth.

Click below to listen to a discussion about the causes of maternal death, the importance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Data: Global Maternal Mortality</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/data-global-maternal-mortality/1753/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/data-global-maternal-mortality/1753/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[






The top ten countries with the best maternal mortality ratio*





Ireland - 1









Bosnia/Herzegovina - 3









Denmark - 3









Greece - 3









Italy - 3









Sweden - 3









Australia - 4









Austria - 4









Czech Republic - 4









Germany - 4











United States - 8












The top ten countries with the worst maternal mortality ratio*





Sierra Leone - 2100









Niger - 1800









Afghanistan - 1800









Chad - 1500









Somalia - 1400









Angola - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birth of a Surgeon: Aaron Brown Interview: Dr. Margaret Chan</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/aaron-brown-interview-dr-margaret-chan/1810/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WIDE ANGLE host Aaron Brown interviews Dr. Margaret Chan, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, and a passionate advocate for women’s health.
[MEDIA=263]
AARON BROWN:
Dr. Margaret Chan, welcome to WIDE ANGLE.

DR. MARGARET CHAN:
Thank you.

AARON BROWN:
What'd you think of the film?

DR. MARGARET CHAN:
I really like it.  It's a very compelling story.  With this film, you [...]]]></description>
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