Moreover, there are only two obstetrics and gynecology physicians and few qualified midwives in Malawi. To increase maternal and neonatal survival rates, Dr. Chen worked very hard to train midwives. In addition to providing basic public health education, he used diagrams to teach them how to identify twins, transverse lies and other difficult labor cases that required urgent referral to a clinic. He also provided midwives with bicycles and obstetric equipment.
然而，全馬拉威只有 2 位婦產科醫師，合格的助產士也不多，為提高產婦和新生兒的存活率，陳志成積極訓練接生婆，除了基本的衛教之外，還以圖解的方式教導她們認識雙胞胎、橫位產等各種需要緊急轉診的難產個案，並提供腳踏車及生產器械裝備。