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A Solar Suitcase Reduces Maternal Mortality Rates
In an age where hundreds of women still die every day in childbirth, light can provide a genuine lifeline. A pioneering solar project is delivering hope to doctors, midwive...
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Unicef Meet In Assam Over Childbirth Deaths
Unicef, Assam, is taking a slew of measures to curb the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in the state. It is planning to scale up the intersectoral consultation among various ...
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Melinda Gates: Let’s Put Birth Control Back On The Agenda
The topic has become controversial in recent years. But should it be? Melinda Gates believes that many of the world’s social change issues depend on ensuring that wom...
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In Developing World, Cancer Is A Very Different Disease
In the United States the median age at which colon cancer strikes is 69 for men and 73 for women. In Chad the average life expectancy at birth is about 50. Children who sur...
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Women's Rights Must Be A Major Part OF Any Climate Deal
This Human Rights Day is particularly significant. In Paris, negotiators are trying to come to agreement on a global climate treaty, and a lot is on the line -- especially ...
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Human Rights Day 2015 - Human Rights In Childbirth As A Global Movement
In May 2012, the first ever Human Rights in Childbirth Conference took place at The Hague. The conference brought together lawyers, doctors, midwives, anthropolog...
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Maternal Mortality Declining But Still Above Goal
Maternal mortality rates have dropped substantially over the past quarter century but still are not declining fast enough to meet ambitious international goals for eradicat...
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The Labour Room Bullies
Obstetric violence, the abuse of pregnant women by health workers, is shockingly common in the Indian medical system though it is rarely talked about. Recently, three infan...
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Maternal Mortality On A Decline, But Challenges Remain
The number of women dying during pregnancy, childbirth or within six weeks after birth has fallen by 44 per cent since 1990, say United Nations agencies, including the...
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Measuring The Millennium Development Goals: Cutting Maternal Deaths
Becoming a mother in sub-Saharan Africa is more dangerous than climbing Mount Everest. In Chad, the odds of dying during pregnancy or childbirth are one in 15; in Sierra Le...
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