Auxiliary Nurse Midwife Padmabati Samal checks the foetal heart beat of Sailabala Samal. She has two years training and provides antenatal and postnatal care for women but doesn't deliver babies. Less than half of tribal women in Orissa, India have access to any professional antenatal care. Ami Vitale, Panos Pictures 2005

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