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Working together to save the lives of mums and babies in South Africa

Posted by: Neil Squires, Posted on: 26 October 2012 - Categories: Africa, Girls & Women, Health

I am writing this sitting in Johannesburg airport on my way back from a fascinating week in South Africa, where I have been conducting a review of a UK aid supported programme on maternal and child health. The programme supports …

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Planning families, making choices

Posted by: Henry Donati, Programme Manager, Humanitarian Response Group, Posted on: 11 July 2012 - Categories: Ghana, Girls & Women

James is a brave man. Amongst the hubbub of hundreds of mothers and babies gossiping and laughing as they wait to see the family planning nurses, James' is the only male face. Fortunately he seems unfazed by the whole thing, …

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