Shipping container hospital helps mothers at risk in Haiti

15 September 2011 Last updated at 07:33 ET Help

Giving birth in Haiti is risky. It has the highest maternal death rate in the western hemisphere and only a quarter of births are supervised by skilled medics.

A new maternity hospital built entirely out of shipping containers, by Medecins Sans Frontieres, is providing specialist care for mothers and babies at risk.

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