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Mobile health teams: On the road saving lives in Afghanistan’s most remote areas
NANGARHAR, Afghanistan – At just one year old, Shahpirai’s son was suffering from severe malnutrition. Yet without the means or available facilities for him to receive proper health care, his mother could only hope he…
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In post-quake Haiti, rebuilding lives and welcoming new ones
On the grounds of the Hôpital de Référence Communautaire de l’Asile in the southwest, Désir Murielle rests in a tent steps from hunks of twisted, fissured metal that once was the hospital’s maternity wing with her…
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Female village head in China changes rules to empower women
ANFEITANG, China – Yuan Qing’s father passed away when she was 5 years old. When her mother remarried and moved to another village, Ms. Yuan was raised by her aunt. In their small village in the Anhui Province,…
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Married at 12; a single mother at 16 in Yemen
At 16, Ghada* was illiterate, with no work experience, no job prospects – and the mother of three children.
One of seven children herself, she had been married off at 12 years old by her father, a farm…
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Changing perceptions to end a harmful tradition in northern Iraq
SULAYMANIYAH, Kurdistan Region of Iraq – “Come with me, we need to go to the bakery, my mother told me one morning. That day, I experienced fear, deception and excruciating pain. I was only seven,” Dania* explained…
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Commitment to supporting childbirth amid Afghanistan’s deteriorating security situation
DAIKUNDI, Afghanistan – As the security situation deteriorated in Afghanistan in recent weeks, the delivery of reproductive health services, including safe childbirth, was seriously affected. Najaba, 36, experienced…
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For breast cancer survivors and supporters in Palestine, a chance to come together
When Bahia was diagnosed with breast cancer, she had to contend not only with a frightening disease but also with a social stigma that left her feeling rejected and isolated. “I was bullied by my own community. They…
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Telemedicine connects women in the Brazilian Amazon to remote health services
PARÁ, Brazil – Mainara Andrade tries to be diligent about maintaining her health, but access to a gynaecologist has long been a problem in her community.
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Faith leaders fight child marriage in Zanzibar
STONE TOWN, Zanzibar, Tanzania – Sheikh Is-haka Vuai leads a group of imams in openly opposing child marriage in his community. It is not an easy role, he says.
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