When 28-year-old Consolata went into labor in rural Sengerema, Tanzania, it was by no means picture-perfect. She was extremely fatigued, and soon started experiencing intense pain.
"I was in bad shape," she said. "I couldn't do anything because I was tired."
Without knowing exactly what was wrong, she knew she needed to get to a clinic immediately — for her baby's health and her own. But Consolata's district, with a population of 500,000 people, has only three ambulances. Getting to a doctor in time seemed impossible.
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