After driving 6 hours yesterday (on mostly paved roads) and
3 hours today (on mostly unpaved roads) we arrived in Dapaong, the main city in Northern Togo. The
UNICEF director and some of the Togolese physicians and I walked down to the
Prefecture to meet the Prefect (governor of the region) and the Mayor of
Dapaong to thank them for allowing us to teach the courses and to be officially
welcomed by them. Tomorrow, the Prefect will come and speak at the opening
ceremonies of the course.
Today we taught 10 midwives, OB/GYN’s, and pediatricians who
will help us teach our course this week. Most had attended the LDS Humanitarian
Services course in Kara, Togo, last year. We conducted a 7-hour review course
for them, and they did some practice teaching.
I learned today that about 40% of the births in the northern
region of Togo are home births.
