Liberia: A River Runs Through - Rivercess Maternal Challenge Amidst Ebola

Yarnee District, across the Cestos River, Rivercess County - "The rivers and creeks serve as a major challenge to the clinical setting, laments Diana Barney; Registered Midwife.

"Because you have some women in labor, who give birth in the village because there is no means getting across, these are constraints which government do not want any woman to give birth at home, but due to the rivers and creeks, many of the women will give birth at home."

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