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An 80-Cent Plastic Pouch Is Saving Thousands of Women From Dying in Childbirth

The maternal drape, as it is called, is helping to solve one of the world’s most intractable health problems.

Β© Taiwo Aina for The New York Times

Husaina Balarabe with her newborn, Aabid, in the maternity ward at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano, Nigeria, in September.
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