In other less developed countries such as South Africa, only 21% of the pregnant women were aware of epidural analgesia and asked for it; over 50% believe that women should experience moderate pain during labor as part of the process and up to 66% of patients were not aware of the fact that pain could be controlled during labor through an intervention.
En otros países menos desarrollados, como Sudáfrica, solo el 21% de las gestantes conocían y solicitaron la analgesia epidural; más del 50% consideran que durante el parto la mujer debe experimentar dolor moderado como parte del proceso, y hasta el 66% de las pacientes no estaban enteradas de que se puede realizar alguna intervención para controlar el dolor durante el parto.