Birth & Midwifery in Peru
RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND PRACTITIONERS

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Midwifery Today Country Contact

Cynthia Ingar is trained as a doula and is working on a Master's in Anthropology at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. She is doing her field study in Cusco, in rural Peru.

Cynthia tells us: "My vision of doing this research is to help health NGOs and government agencies (including the Ministry of Health) to know better Peru's health reality and how culture is determinant in the quality of health of these communities. My proposal if of a new public health which is intercultural and gender sensitive. My goal is to implement a midwifery center, which would work together with biomedicine professionals to give the best quality of health possible to women and their babies, in their own Andean tradition—which is filled with wisdom."

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Birth/Midwifery

• www.pakarii.com—the natural birth center at Lima; Doula workshops are also given

Parenting/Breastfeeding

• www.llli.org/Peru.html—La Liga de la Leche Perú (La Leche League International, Peru), an organization that gives free information and support to mothers and pregant women on breastfeeding
• www.lactared.com.pe—CEPREN/Red Peruana de Lactancia (Peruvian Network of Breastfeeding)