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Amidst wealth, dire reproductive health needs

Reader diary posted by Bridgit Adamou, Pathfinder International

August 26, 2009 - 4:09pm

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Angola is the seventh wealthiest nation in Africa. It has oil—and lots of it. But maternal mortality is high and the total fertility rate is nearly seven children per woman, on par with some of the world's poorest countries.


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RH Reality Check Interviews Melissa Cheyney, Midwife

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

July 13, 2009 - 7:00am

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Melissa Cheyney is a midwife and home birth advocate who has devoted her career to bringing new life into this world and who works to improve relationships between hospital and home birth providers.

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