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| Further
Links & Points Of Reference |
Dead
Women Don't Cry - BBC Panorama
- As part of the BBC's Africa
Season, Panorama has filmed
one woman's struggle to
stop mothers in her country
dying. She's Grace Kodindo
- an obstetrician in the
poverty-stricken central
African country of Chad. |
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AMDD
- Averting Maternal Death
& Disability The
AMDD Program was established
in 1999 to work with developing
countries and international
agencies to improve availability,
quality and utilization
of emergency obstetric care.
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The
World Fact Book
- Chad - Chad, part
of France's African holdings
until 1960, endured three
decades of civil warfare
as well as invasions by
Libya before a semblance
of peace was finally restored
in 1990. |
Reproductive
Health In Chad
- Ensuring reproductive
health in Chad presents
some daunting challenges
to its citizens, politicians
and health care providers. |
Chad
: the Safe Motherhood Project
- In this largely Muslim
population, only about a
third of women have any
schooling, most marry young
(nearly 80 percent by the
age of 19) and by the age
of 18, more than half have
had their first child. |
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UNFPA
- Africa's Lawmakers Should
Do More To Save Continent
From Deaths from AIDS, Disease
and Poverty, Appeals UNFPA's
Thoraya Obaid. |
Maternal
& Newborn Health
- World-wide, 63.3% of births
are attended by a skilled
health worker. Although
virtually all births are
attended by skilled health
personnel in more developed
countries, this proportion
is 59.3% in less developed
countries and only 33.9%
in the least developed countries. |
ID21
Health
- The governments
of the world are breaking
a promise that could save
the lives of five million
women in the next 10 years.
A woman dies every minute
from complications in pregnancy
or childbirth. |
IFRC
(Red Cross) - This
scene at Tréguine
refugee camp in eastern
Chad may seem idyllic, but
it is not one appreciated
by International Federation
water and sanitation delegate
Walter Baumgartner, at least
from a professional point
of view. |
IHP
- International Health Partners
(IHP) is a charitable organisation
dedicated to providing donated
medical aid to communities
in the developing world. |
Give
Now - Maximise
the value of your gift to
any recognised charity in
the UK, safely and swiftly. |
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Unison
- The Public Sector Workers
Union. |
Interprea
- International Preeclampsia
Alliance - Interprea is
an international alliance
of patient advocacy groups,
researchers and safe motherhood
organizations working towards
a common goal - taking action
to end preeclampsia. |
Wales
for Africa Grant Scheme
2008-09 - The
Welsh Assembly Government
has awarded 11 grants (totaling
£240,000) to projects
and activities under the
Wales for Africa Grant Scheme
for 2008-09. |
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