How one woman’s skin-to-skin care saves fragile infants in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam. At 5:00 am every morning, Ms Mariam Mwakabungu begins a long commute from her home in Chanika to Amana Referral Hospital, where vulnerable newborn babies rely on her care.

The daily journey requires riding a motorcycle taxi (boda boda) to the bus terminal, followed by a commuter bus (daladala) to reach the facility.