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It's one thing to have a national vaccination campaign--easily enough done--but quite another to rebuild public infrastructure, offer care for maladies ranging from AIDS to obstructed labor (which requires, of course, a Cesarean section, which in turn requires electricity and an operating room and someone who can perform the procedure), and to recruit and train that army of community health workers.
FORBES: Dr. Paul Farmer
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As new data have become available, more patients are eligible for the possibility of an attempted VBAC, including patients with two previous cesareans and those with a previous cesarean section who are currently pregnant with twins.
CNN: Is it OK to have a VBAC?
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In the past, the dictum was "once a cesarean, always a cesarean, " and the cesarean section rate increased for this and other reasons during the 1970s and '80s.
CNN: Is it OK to have a VBAC?