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\"\"<\/a>Melissa Cheyney is a medical anthropologist and reproductive biology professor at Oregon State University, and a certified practicing midwife.<\/p>\n

She spoke with WIDE ANGLE multimedia producer Renee Feltz about the imbalance in maternal health care in the United States versus the developing world.<\/p>\n

Click below to learn why Cheyney says U.S. spending on medical interventions during childbirth should be directed more toward low-tech care, and why the opposite is true for countries such as Mozambique.<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/2\/files\/melissacheyney.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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