News article 4: Health innovation reaches the river islands of Bangladesh

For families who once relied on untrained birth attendants and village healers, the change is significant. Trained midwives now provide round-the-clock delivery care, and basic diagnostic testing, and telemedicine consultations. Each facility is linked to an emergency referral network that combines boats, motorbikes, and ambulances to ensure mothers are not left stranded when complications arise.

For families who once relied on untrained birth attendants and village healers, the change is significant. Trained midwives now provide round-the-clock delivery care, and basic diagnostic testing, and telemedicine consultations. Each facility is linked to an emergency referral network that combines boats, motorbikes, and ambulances to ensure mothers are not left stranded when complications arise.