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July 26, 2013

UNDERFUNDED FACILITIES AND CULTURAL TABOOS MEAN THAT GIVING BIRTH CAN BE A DEADLY GAME OF RUSSIAN ROULETTE FOR WOMEN IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: One midnight, in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 26-year-old Anna was brought into the labour ward on a stretcher. …

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Kenya: Increasing Access to Family Planning in Informal Settlements

AllAfrica.com

July 12, 2013

INTERVIEW By Bradley Parks Kenya's infant mortality shows the fastest rate of decline among the 20 countries in sub-Sahara Africa, according to the World Bank. Among the possible reasons for this decline are the efforts of public health workers like Aspen Institute's 2013 New Voices Fellow Jane Otai, and targeted new public health projects such …