Tag Archives: women
Family Planning Saves Lives, But Millions Can’t Access It
The following first appeared on Care2.com _______________________ Around the world, an estimated 222 million women who don’t want to get pregnant cannot access contraception. I was surpised to learn Namutebi was one of them. On the way to the Ugandan hospital where I met Namutebi, I saw several clinics advertising family planning services. The […]
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Also tagged children, family planning, Health, maternal health, pregnancy, reproductive health, save the children, Uganda
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Thriving in Nacala: One Community’s Story
I recently spent a week in Africa, my second visit to the continent in 2012. After a quick stop in Cape Town for The Economist’s global meeting on healthcare in Africa I went on to Mozambique to visit Save the Children programs in rural communities in the north of the country. I came away […]
Posted in Foreign Travel, Health, On the Road
Also tagged Africa, breastfeeding, children, early childhood development, Health, Malnutrition, Mozambique, nutrition, save the children
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