Monique and the Mango Rains

Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years With a Midwife in Mali by Kris Holloway (Author), John Bidwell (Contributor), Waveland Press, 2012. 

Monique Dembele

Peace Corps volunteer Kris Holloway talks about her time with Monique Dembele, a midwife in Mali. Besides helping with childbirth, Monique repaired skin tears from childbirth, helped women who were the victims of domestic violence, educated patients about the importance of clean water, and treated infectious diseases, such as Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, HIV, tuberculosis, amoebic dysentery, malaria, and gonorrhea. She did not cut women's genitals and did not perform Caesarian sections.