(July 15, 2009) Birth of a Surgeon travels to Mozambique where, for the first time, midwives are being trained in advanced life-saving surgery. Suffering from an acute shortage of doctors, Mozambique's bold grassroots initiatives have cut the maternal death rate in half.

A roundup of links to local stories of global importance from around the world.

The 2009 update of Birth of a Surgeon captures one woman’s story on the frontlines of improving maternal mortality in Africa.

WIDE ANGLE viewer donations fund the purchase and installation of a new generator battery at the Rural Hospital of Manjacaze.

Hear about the imbalance of high-tech maternal health care in the United States vs. the developing world.

Find additional web-based resources about Mozambique and maternal health around the world.

Lord's Children and Birth of a Surgeon are nominated for Emmys!

The sluggish gains made in reducing maternal mortality over the past eight years may be reversed amid the global economic crisis.

WIDE ANGLE's Birth of a Surgeon wins the Overseas Press Club award for the best international broadcast reporting showing concern for the human condition.

Governments in Yemen, Singapore, Iraq, Mozambique, Columbia and El Salvador have used various approaches to reintegrate insurgents into civilian life.

A round-up of how nations around the globe are dealing with the economic downturn: bailouts, I.M.F. loans, and schadenfreude.

Birth of a Surgeon captures one woman’s story on the frontlines of improving maternal mortality in Africa.

WIDE ANGLE sat down with public health experts to discuss the causes of maternal death and the progress of mid-level, surgical clinicians who dot across Mozambique and the rest of the world.

The United Nations laid out the Millennium Development Goals, which sets targets to end extreme poverty around the world. Here's how Mozambique is doing.