Cotacachi, Ecuador. In the communities of Cotacachi, in the north of the Ecuadorian Andes, the country's first ancestral midwifery school operates, an initiative promoted by indigenous women to preserve and transmit traditional knowledge about home delivery. The school, called 'Unanchu mamakuna', has been promoted since 2021 by the Indigenous Council of Ancestral Health Hampik Warmikuna in the face of the aging of traditional birth attendants an…
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Cotacachi, Ecuador. In the communities of Cotacachi, in the north of the Ecuadorian Andes, the country's first ancestral midwifery school operates, an initiative promoted by indigenous women to preserve and transmit traditional knowledge about home delivery. The school, called 'Unanchu mamakuna', has been promoted since 2021 by the Indigenous Council of Ancestral Health Hampik Warmikuna in the face of the aging of traditional birth attendants an…