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Hugh Bonneville: It's so inspiring to see Merlin's committed workforce in action
Reading stories like today's article by Emily Dugan and Shaista Aziz is a great way to find out about Merlin. I have also been lucky to see Merlin in action. Privileged, in fact. This plucky...
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Mama Zeena - a midwife in Liberia
Zeena Abdalla Ramadhan, affectionately known as Mama Zeena, is a dedicated midwife in Liberia.
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More trained midwives = more mothers saved
Every minute of every day a mother dies of pregnancy-related causes. Most of these deaths take place in crisis countries, and are entirely preventable – in fact evidence tells us that 75% of mothers’...
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Henrietta Popples: Monrovian midwife
Henrietta Popples has been midwife at the St John Clinic, 50 miles southeast of the Liberian capital of Monrovia, for ten years.
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International Day of the Midwife - Profile of a midwife
Collette Bochomoli, 61 years, lives in Elila in DR Congo and is the village's only midwife. Incredible, if you think that Elila village has nearly 6,000 inhabitants and the only way to get there is by...
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More midwives = more lives saved
Every minute of every day a mother dies of pregnancy-related causes. And yet we know that most of these lives could be saved if only pregnant women had access to a skilled, trained health worker.
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Qutbia's midwifery skills saves unconscious pregnant woman
Gul Jan is 28 years old. She is pregnant. And, she is unconscious. She is facing the real danger of not only losing her unborn child, but also her own life. Gul Jan is suffering from eclampsia, a...
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Pregnancy can kill
Because Collette works alone in the Elilia health centre in remote Democratic Republic of Congo, she has no chance of saving every life. Since her assistant left, she now has responsibility for over...
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World Humanitarian Day 2013
World Humanitarian Day is on 19 August 2013. Merlin health workers capture the spirit of humanitarian work. They work incredibly hard, risk their own lives, care for people in need, and they often do...
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