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Risks Of Home Birth Loom For Women In Rural Africa Amid Lockdowns

A woman in labor in the maternity ward at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. With lockdowns have come fears of even greater numbers of home births. (Lynsey Addario/Getty Images)
A woman in labor in the maternity ward at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. With lockdowns have come fears of even greater numbers of home births. (Lynsey Addario/Getty Images)

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