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A 'Community Engagement' Approach to Treating Fistula in Guinea

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by Moustapha Diallo

March 4, 2011 - 8:50am (Print)

Citizen volunteers are at the front lines of a community-driven initiative for saving lives and preserving health for women in Kissidougou.

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American Indian Women Pushed to Induce on Reservation?

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by Amie Newman

September 27, 2010 - 1:54pm (Print)

The ACLU has filed a lawsuit today claiming pregnant women on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, in South Dakota, are being pressured into undergoing labor inductions, without proper information or support.

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Expanded Support for Midwifery Services a Win-Win in Health Reform

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

March 24, 2010 - 9:01am (Print)

As an addendum to yesterday's a broad-brush overview of the implications for women of the health reform, here is an overview of how the bill addresses midwifery provided by certified nurse-midwives and expands the conditions under which nurse-midwives may provide broader health care services.

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What Bubbe Hannah Knew: Lessons for Health Reform From A 19th Century Midwife

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by Cathy Raphael

October 23, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)

What would a late 19th century midwife think of the fact that some 100 years later, the U.S. ranks 42nd globally in maternal mortality rates, the highest among industrialized countries?
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The Every Day "Jaycee's"

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reader diary by RHRefugee, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc.

September 9, 2009 - 12:58pm (Print)





Eighteen years ago, Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped and made into a slave, bearing two children after being raped by her captor. Americans are outraged, and rightly so. Her story is horrifying. While this Lake Tahoe headline hit particularly close to home, most of us are perhaps unaware that kidnappings and sexual slavery occur every day in war torn areas.

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