The ordinarily casual approach to daily life in Bali is taking a jolt of seriousness from security measures in place this week for the ASEAN and East Asia Summit.
Barack Obama will attend the meetings along with 15 other heads of state.
You can read a bit more about security measures and confusion they are prompting.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Bali-based Midwife Robin Lim Makes CNN's Top 10 Heroes of 2011
Bali-based midwife Ibu Robin Lim and her team at Yayasan Bumi Sehat (YBS), a non-profit organization she founded in 2003 to promote world peace one baby at a time, are being recognized as one of CNN's Top 10 Heroes of 2011.
Ibu Robin and YBS offer gentle natural childbirth and respectful care free of charge in a developing country where many families cannot afford quality care, and childbirth is a death sentence for far too many women and babies, especially the poor.
YBS serves Indonesian families through birthing, pre-natal and post-natal care as well as holistic health consultation at their original clinic in Ubud, Bali as well as a second clinic in Aceh opened after the 2004 tsunami. All Indonesian clients are served for free, and expats can receive care by discretionary donation.
You can support the work of Ibu Robin Lim and YBS by voting for Robin to be named CNN's Hero of the Year 2011. If she wins, YBS will receive $250,000. You can vote up to 10 times a day each and every day from today until December 7, 2011.
Ibu Robin and YBS offer gentle natural childbirth and respectful care free of charge in a developing country where many families cannot afford quality care, and childbirth is a death sentence for far too many women and babies, especially the poor.
YBS serves Indonesian families through birthing, pre-natal and post-natal care as well as holistic health consultation at their original clinic in Ubud, Bali as well as a second clinic in Aceh opened after the 2004 tsunami. All Indonesian clients are served for free, and expats can receive care by discretionary donation.
You can support the work of Ibu Robin Lim and YBS by voting for Robin to be named CNN's Hero of the Year 2011. If she wins, YBS will receive $250,000. You can vote up to 10 times a day each and every day from today until December 7, 2011.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Makassar Midwives Visit Bali for Inspiration & Education
My six-month-old baby and I spontaneously stopped by the clinic where she was born on our morning walk today. About three dozen midwives from Makassar, the capital city of South Sulawesi, were visiting to learn more about water birth and the methods practiced at Yayasan Bumi Sehat. Bumi Sehat is a natural birthing clinic founded by American midwife Robin Lim.
I was invited to speak about my own experience with water birth, which was healthy and beautiful. I also told the midwives how I think their work is so very important.
Too many women die every day in Indonesia from complications without adequate medical care during childbirth. Maternal mortality is shamefully high relative to other indicators of Indonesia's sustainable human development, such as education and general life expectancy. It's also high as compared to neighboring countries and countries worldwide with similar levels of development.
The Jakarta Post reported on recent meetings in Bali bringing attention to the problems of maternal and infant mortality.
The article reports that "according to Health Ministry data, the country’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) remains high at 307 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, with about two women dying every hour during pregnancy and delivery."
"In comparison, the maternal mortality rate reached only 39 per 100,000 in Malaysia and 6 per 100,000 in Singapore."
UNICEF estimates maternal mortality in Indonesia even higher, at 420 per 100,000 live births.
Many factors contribute to high maternal and infant mortality rates in Indonesia. Inadequate prenatal nutrition and inadequate access to emergency medical care are two big ones. Training midwives across Indonesia is an important step toward saving women 's and children's lives.
I was invited to speak about my own experience with water birth, which was healthy and beautiful. I also told the midwives how I think their work is so very important.
Too many women die every day in Indonesia from complications without adequate medical care during childbirth. Maternal mortality is shamefully high relative to other indicators of Indonesia's sustainable human development, such as education and general life expectancy. It's also high as compared to neighboring countries and countries worldwide with similar levels of development.
The Jakarta Post reported on recent meetings in Bali bringing attention to the problems of maternal and infant mortality.
The article reports that "according to Health Ministry data, the country’s maternal mortality rate (MMR) remains high at 307 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, with about two women dying every hour during pregnancy and delivery."
"In comparison, the maternal mortality rate reached only 39 per 100,000 in Malaysia and 6 per 100,000 in Singapore."
UNICEF estimates maternal mortality in Indonesia even higher, at 420 per 100,000 live births.
Many factors contribute to high maternal and infant mortality rates in Indonesia. Inadequate prenatal nutrition and inadequate access to emergency medical care are two big ones. Training midwives across Indonesia is an important step toward saving women 's and children's lives.
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