Loidon, a male midwife in South Sudan | ENG

Loidon Mozoch Ngamalo is a midwife at MSF's clinic in Pibor, South Sudan, and he's darn proud of that fact. Pregnant women are often shocked to meet him, but he takes care to hep patients feel comfortable. As he says, "I feel like them, as a patient."

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF235557

Date taken / Date Recorded 07/04/2018 12:00 AM

Country South Sudan

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer Mark Natfalin

Copyright MSF

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

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Duration 1m39s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 192.25 MB

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Women are often shocked
when they first encounter Loidon

" They’ve never seen or experienced a male midwife in this community"

" The first thing I like from this job is to bring a human being to the life."

Loidon works at MSF’s clinic in Pibor, South Sudan.

The clinic is the only place in where women can deliver babies in a safe, clinical environment.

Women often travel days to deliver here.

And they’re not always excited to meet Loidon.

"I’m delivering the same services and I feel the same way women midwives feel"

06:27 Here in our community, we look ourself different between man and woman. We are completely different, we don’t share our life, we don’t share our needs.

But Loidon helps expecting moms feel comfortable.

"I see myself as them, as a patient"

" I don’t consider as I’m a male and they’re a woman."

" I’m trying my best to make them understand why I am employed in this position of male midwife.

"Because purposely I deliver the services to them"

" I came to the position to serve them."

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