Rabiah, the Floating Nurse:
Ideally one midwife for one island

RABIAH spends more than half her life serving the people in Liukang Tangaya subdistrict, Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi. The 53-year-old woman sails from one island to the next in the subdistrict of 25 islands. Up to 1992, she was the only female nurse-and midwife-in the Liukang Tangaya region whose population is more than 17,000.

According to nurse Rabiah, the most urgent problem is related to obstetrical delivery. "There should be one midwife

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