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A revisit to: Hellen Hadia

Two years on from graduating in midwifery, Hellen Hadia is a registered midwife in charge of the maternity unit at Mvolo County Hospita...

The story of how Sarah Sakau went from inflicting the cut of FGM/C to fighting against it - in her mid-eighties.

Jane Nkotai has turned her personal struggle against FGM/C - from running 60km through the night to safety from the cut to living as a...

Amref, with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, is providing nutrition support and improving the supply of safe drinking water for Intern...

Amref's obstetric fistula programme in Tanzania and Uganda has completed 244 successful surgeries over five years.

How VHTs improve the health and wellbeing of young Ugandan mothers

Samuel Shaban is a community health worker in Busenge, Tanzania. He has supported more than 20 women living with obstetric fistula to s...

The Girl Generation: Support to Africa-Led Movement to End FGM aims to significantly reducing the practice of FGM/C in Ethiopia, Kenya,...

Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services are often the first point of entry into the health system for women and child...