How we are born depends dramatically on where we are born. In the UK most women give birth in hospitals, but globally home births are the norm. Giving birth in the West is relatively safe, whereas in low-income countries it is often life-threatening. Why is this?

Speakers:

Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, former president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Professor Sheila Kitzinger, social anthropologist of birth and author of 23 books on childbirth.

Professor Cathy Warwick, General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives.

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Image: Marilène Oliver, 2003