
Photo by Mike Swigunski
Photo by Mike Swigunski
Heloisa Lessa is an obstetrical nurse. She teaches a post-graduate course at the University of Rio De Janeiro and works with homebirth. She also works with the Lauretê Indian community in the rain forest of Amazonia, with traditional parteras who live in Acre, Amazonia, and with several organizations that work to humanize birth in Brazil.
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