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Dr Benjamin Black is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist in London and a specialist advisor to international aid organisations. His focus on sexual, reproductive and maternal healthcare for populations in times of crisis has taken him to many countries. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic he provided frontline healthcare to pregnant women and supported international guidelines development. Benjamin also teaches medical teams around the world on improving sexual and reproductive health care to the most vulnerable people in the most challenging of environments.
"""Moving, kind, eye-opening, terrifying and inspirational - this book will stay with me for years.""—Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt;""Black puts a human and profoundly humane face on what it’s like to be a doctor.""—Forbes;“Benjamin Black has the most amazing gift for telling a story. I could not put the book down.”—Victoria Macdonald, Channel 4 News;“A brilliant, painful and honest book. Read it.”—Mary Harper, Africa Editor at the BBC;“Dedicated and passionate.”—The Lancet Infectious Diseases;""Belly Woman is a must-read for our times. It is riveting, illuminating and humbling.’—Aminatta Forna, author of The Memory of Love and The Devil That Danced on the Water;""This is an inspirational story of compassion and dedication in the face of a brutal epidemic, and Benjamin Black is the one to tell it.""—Leah Hazard, author of Hard Pushed: A Midwife’s Story;""I was gripped from the first page. May we all be humbled by this book.""—Anna Kent, author of Frontline Midwife;""Brave, moving, and vital. A unique account of battling the Ebola outbreak while providing maternity care in Sierra Leone, and of the incredible women, families, and health workers Dr Black encountered. Read it.""—Damien Brown, author of Band-Aid for A Broken Leg"
