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AIDS Is The No. 1 Cause Of Death, Disease For Women 15-44, Says WHO

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Maternity, Girlhood, Aids Rates, Developing Countries, Pregnancy, Hiv, Sex Education, Teenagers, Girls, Education, West, Breast Cancer, Health, Sex, Africa, Women's Health, Aids, Safe Sex, Contraception, Cancer, Adults, Unsafe Sex, Health Care, Medicine, World News

GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cau...

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How Big Is Your Universe?

Aruna Kashyap | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Public Health, Pregnancy, India, Maternal Death, Maternity, Death, World News
Aruna Kashyap

Decades of research have shown that reporting is a critical first step in determining what policies and measures are needed to lower the risk of death in pregnancy and childbirth.

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Congolese Midwives Struggle To Help Mothers Brutalized By War (SLIDESHOW)

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

Read More: Women, Maternity, Rape, Society, Midwives, Congo, War, Slideshow, Congo War, Congo Rape, Rape in Congo, Congo Midwives, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

I hate the border crossing from Rwanda into Goma at Gisenyi. It frays nerves and sullies sunny dispositions in a heartbeat. Male street thugs prowl pa...

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