Women in labor walk up to 20 miles to give birth at this rural Uganda clinic - and they don't always make it in time

Pregnant women in rural Uganda often live quite far from the nearest health center - and lack access to transportation that can easily get them to a clinic when they're ready to deliver a child.

And so, when they find themselves in labor, these women usually end up having to walk to the nearest clinic to seek medical attention. Sometimes, they even give birth on the walk over.

"By the time they reach the health center, they have delivered because of the long distance," Kafuko Dorothy, a midwife in rural Uganda, told INSIDER. Those babies are classified as "BBA," or born before arrival, she explained.

Kafuko is one of two midwives who run Lugasa HC III, a health center located in the Bbaale subdistrict of Kayunga, in central Uganda.

Each day, the two midwives handle eight to 10 births, and see an average of 22 additional patients for family planning and prenatal care services. Many of the patients have to walk up to 30 km (18.6 miles) to reach the health center, Kafuko said.

Here is an inside look at the clinic.