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When the water breaks in the Amazon, call the midwife
In photos
Midwives in rural Brazil are more vital than ever in places where depleted rivers – a hazard of climate change – put hospitals out of reach
Photography by Pilar Olivares
Reporting by Pilar Olivares and Manuela Andreoni
Reuters
Tabita dos Santos Moraes, with Priscilla the dog, rests on a journey down Brazil's Tefé River in a boat steered by her husband, Nonato Lima de Moraes. Tabita, 51, has been practising midwifery since her teens.
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