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March 2011

  • Nurse midwives bring new life to villages

    28/03/11

    Nurse-midwife Sanju Kaim got a little bonus on her first day on the job. That morning she delivered not one baby girl, but twins.She was alone in the maternity ward, having just reported for her first day of duty as an auxillary nurse midwife in Jhagar village’s small health centre.

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  • Buddist teachings reduce HIV stigma

    11/03/11

    I sit talking to Monk Thich Thanh Huan in a Pagoda in southern Hanoi, Viet Nam. Seated at a dark wooden table, a shrine to buddha rises behind him. It is cold on this February day and Monk Huan wears a jacket zipped right up to his neck. Read more...
  • Drive to eradicate polio gives hope to returnees in the South

    01/03/11

    SOUTHERN SUDAN: Norah Abdelnabi, a 24-year-old mother couldn’t hide her joy when her two-year-old son, Steven Kulang, received two drops of polio vaccine for the first time. Read more...