Video: Birthrights: The Mountain Midwives of Vietnam
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Understanding disparities within countries regarding maternal mortality ratios, access to health services and other health factors are necessary to fully address and provide maternal health care and a number of other health indicators. Vietnam, a middle income country, currently has a maternal mortality ratio of 64 deaths per 100,000 live births, according to IHME. However, for Hmong women in northern Vietnam, that ratio is significantly higer, according to a report from Al-Jazeera English.
In order to efficiently allocate maternal health resources, it is imperative that good data exists regarding the regional, ethnic, and socio-economic differences for health outcomes so that the appropriate groups can be targeted for interventions.
Birthrights: The Mountain Midwives of Vietnam
Infant and maternal mortality rates in the mountainous regions of northern Vietnam are 10 times higher than the national average.
Al Jazeera English
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A very interesting and important documentary illustrating the increasing inequity in maternal and child health. For further reading about ethnic inequity in Vietnam, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20958789