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Afghanistan: Worst place to be a mother

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Today’s story comes from western Afghanistan, a region with one of the highest under-5 mortality rates and where maternal death in childbirth is a serious concern. The 10×10 film Girl Rising shows how these issues affect women in Afghanistan, and how education can help them....
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Caring for two lives: Q & A with a midwife

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“It is not an easy task to perform. I have [responsibility for] two lives at a time — the mother and the baby,” says Aklima Begum, 48. Aklima lives in Bangladesh and is highly respected in her community.  Thanks to World Vision, Aklima was able to be educated and certified as a midwife. Midwifery is an extremely important skill for her community, since many families can’t afford to see a doctor or stay in a hospital. The lives of mothers and infants are put at risk when they don’t have access to proper prenatal care or a safe birthing environment. Through her education in midwifery, Aklima is able to provide skilled care to mothers who would otherwise have to go...
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Fast facts on child health

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Fast facts on child health | World Vision Blog
I’m at that phase in life when a lot of my friends are having babies. Within six weeks, I will have gone to three baby showers! I’m thinking about how many prenatal doctor appointments women have in the United States — and how many checkups and appointments most newborns have in their first year of life. But what if there was no doctor to visit? No hospital or nearby clinic? No family doctor or trained midwife? What would happen? Maternal and child mortality rates would go up....
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‘If he survives’ — memories from Papua New Guinea

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Tune in to your local ABC station on the evening of December 16 for a special edition of “20/20” with Diane Sawyer and ABC’s Million Moms campaign as they examine modern-day health issues for children and mothers. For more from the ABC Million Moms Challenge, “like” their page on Facebook. *     *     * As a photojournalist with World Vision through much of the 1980s and 1990s, I long ago lost count of the number of rural health clinics I have visited. The vacant looks on the faces of the mothers, too tired and stressed to focus; the babies in their arms, some crying softly, some shrieking in fear and discomfort; others — too many — lethargic and still, seemingly lifeless...
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