Great documentary on Nova (PBS) last night:

[IcyPeas]

http://www.walktobeautiful.com/

It is utterly heartbreaking that women are still suffering with this in this day and age. Watch the trailer. The doctors and nurses who work at this hospital are saints and are not paid at all. They are amazing people.

Anyway, if it's repeated I hope some of you catch it.

[TomInTib]

1. A horrifying stat...

In Ethiopia, there are 59 OB/GYNs and 1,000 midwives for a population of 77 million.

[IcyPeas]

2. Oh, there's already a thread on this, here, sorry

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3282618

[BrotherBuzz]

3. I watched it and was, well, dumbfounded.

That country that has ten-thousand women suffering from untreated obstetric fistulas. Thirty are treated a week in the clinic, and they hope to open five new ones to help in the near future.

My wife and I agreed that if we ever came into some dough that allowed us to become philanthropic, that organization would be at the top of our list (paging William Henry Gates, paging William Henry Gates, please pick up the White Courtesy Phone!).