Training programs are certainly valuable for ensuring health workers are up to date on best practices, but they are undeniably only one piece of a much larger puzzle. While better education improves the quality of care individual nurses and doctors can provide, it cannot compensate for a lack of life-saving equipment, oxygen, or reliable electricity in rural clinics. The reality is that we are facing a systemic crisis where the brain drain of experienced professionals often leaves these newly trained staff with no mentors to guide them. Ultimately, while these initiatives can save lives at the margins, they risk becoming performative if they are not paired with serious government investment in infrastructure and staff retention. Addressing maternal mortality requires a holistic approach that treats training as a foundation rather than a standalone solution to the deep-seated issues in our healthcare system.