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parteras

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parteras (pär·terˑ·äs),
n.pl in Curanderismo, midwives. See pateras.


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Byline: MARC SIMMONS Scattered through the printed sources on New Mexico folk customs, one finds occasional references to the practices of Hispanic midwives, or parteras.
329) Nevertheless, NGOs, mainly the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI, now known as ETC Group) (330) and the Consejo de Medicos y Parteras Indigenas Tradicionales de Chiapas (Council of Traditional Indigenous Doctors and Midwives from Chiapas) (COMPITCH), strongly opposed the project for several reasons.
Despues de regresar a sus respectivas comunidades en Birmania, estos trabajadores de primer nivel en salud materna capacitaron a un segundo nivel de trabajadores de salud locales y a un tercer nivel de parteras tradicionales para que proporcionaran un subconjunto limitado de estas intervenciones, de acuerdo con su nivel de capacitacion.
 
 
 
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