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At highest risk : maternal health care in the high Peruvian Andes /

Looks at maternal health services in the Peruvian Andes. Peru has the 2nd highest maternal death rate in South America. In this film local Quechua women deal with both traditional medicine and Western medicine, although in many cases these women are many miles from any hospital or clinic.

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Corporate Authors: Inner Mission Productions, Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other Authors: Rivas, Rebecca S.
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Quechua
Published: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Maternal health services > Peru.
Women > Health and hygiene > Peru.
Quechua Indians > Medicine > Peru.
Quechua women > Health and hygiene > Peru.
DVD-Video discs.
Documentary videos.
Quechua (South American people) > Medicine > Peru.
Maternal health services.
Women > Health and hygiene.
Women.
Quechua Indians > Medicine.
Quechua Indians.
Quechua women.
Documentary films.
Peru.
South America.
Summary:Looks at maternal health services in the Peruvian Andes. Peru has the 2nd highest maternal death rate in South America. In this film local Quechua women deal with both traditional medicine and Western medicine, although in many cases these women are many miles from any hospital or clinic.

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