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This document offers a useful background for NGOs or organizations working to deliver culturally appropriate maternal health services or interventions through comadronas (midwives) in Solola, Guatemala or the surrounding region. To this end, the information contained herein focuses on strengthening general awareness and understanding of Mayan culture and promoting the consideration and integration of Mayan maternal health practices and beliefs when designing maternal health trainings or interventions in these communities.

Child Mortality --- Demographics --- Early Child and Children's Health --- Health and Poverty --- Health Service Management and Delivery --- Health, Nutrition and Population --- Indigenous Communities --- Indigenous Peoples --- Maternal Health --- Reproductive Health