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It was a typical yet astonishing scene in Wandi village in northeastern Nigeria: a traditional barber known as a wanzam ceremonially shaved Abubakar Nafisatu’s hair on his seventh day of life, as is the custom there. Then the barber did something not so customary: He stressed to Abukabar’s mother the...
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Even in Celestina Asante’s earliest memories, her mother had a hot temper. “Over the years, she would flare up, scream and beat me, and then I would usually go to bed crying,” she remembers. Well into adulthood – and becoming a mother of three herself – Asante still believed her...
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A Tale of Two Mothers Kounda, Burkina Faso — Elyse Gansonre is a mother of four. Her husband is a farmer. When her husband harvests rice from their land, Elyse sells it for a small profit at a stall in the market. Jacqueline Tiendrebeogo is 9 months pregnant with her fourth child....
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This blog is reposted from MCSP's website Dressed in scrubs, the doctor leans over the woman in labor and carefully checks that the birth is progressing normally. Satisfied, she gently tells the woman when to push. Soon the baby’s head appears and the doctor carefully delivers baby Natalie. She checks...
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Mirani knew she had 60 seconds to resuscitate the newborn before the condition would cause irreparable harm or death.
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