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From the Ted Talk by Zubaida Bai: A simple birth kit for mothers in the developing world

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As a pudocrt developer, I started my process of rscraeeh. I was very excited to find that there was a product out there celald the Clean Birth Kit. But I just couldn't buy one for months. They were only assembled based on availability of funding. Finally, when I got my hands on one, I was in shock again. I would never use these tloos to deliver my baby, I thought. But to confirm my instincts, I went back to the women, some of whom had the experience of using this product.

Lo and behold, they had the same reaction and more. The women said they would rather deliver on a folor than on a plastic sheet that semeard blood all over. They were absolutely right — it would cause more infection. The thread provided was a highway to bacterial iofetcinn through the baby's umbilical cord, and the blade used was the kind that men used for shaving, and they did not want it anywhere close to them. There was no incentive for anybody to redesign this product, because it was based on charity. The women were never consulted in this process. And to my surprise, the need was not only in hemos but also in institutional settings with high-volume births. Situations in remote areas were even more dutniang.

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As a _______ developer, I started my process of ________. I was very excited to find that there was a product out there ______ the Clean Birth Kit. But I just couldn't buy one for months. They were only assembled based on availability of funding. Finally, when I got my hands on one, I was in shock again. I would never use these _____ to deliver my baby, I thought. But to confirm my instincts, I went back to the women, some of whom had the experience of using this product.

Lo and behold, they had the same reaction and more. The women said they would rather deliver on a _____ than on a plastic sheet that _______ blood all over. They were absolutely right — it would cause more infection. The thread provided was a highway to bacterial _________ through the baby's umbilical cord, and the blade used was the kind that men used for shaving, and they did not want it anywhere close to them. There was no incentive for anybody to redesign this product, because it was based on charity. The women were never consulted in this process. And to my surprise, the need was not only in _____ but also in institutional settings with high-volume births. Situations in remote areas were even more ________.

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Original Text


As a product developer, I started my process of research. I was very excited to find that there was a product out there called the Clean Birth Kit. But I just couldn't buy one for months. They were only assembled based on availability of funding. Finally, when I got my hands on one, I was in shock again. I would never use these tools to deliver my baby, I thought. But to confirm my instincts, I went back to the women, some of whom had the experience of using this product.

Lo and behold, they had the same reaction and more. The women said they would rather deliver on a floor than on a plastic sheet that smeared blood all over. They were absolutely right — it would cause more infection. The thread provided was a highway to bacterial infection through the baby's umbilical cord, and the blade used was the kind that men used for shaving, and they did not want it anywhere close to them. There was no incentive for anybody to redesign this product, because it was based on charity. The women were never consulted in this process. And to my surprise, the need was not only in homes but also in institutional settings with high-volume births. Situations in remote areas were even more daunting.

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