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Source: BBC
Addis Ababa : Ethiopia | about 1 month ago  
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As health ministers from around the world meet in the Ethiopian capital to tackle maternal mortality, women suffering birth-related injuries are given a new lease of life through a simple operation. Hailemariam Workneh is trying to amuse his son outside the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa....
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  • News Source: BBC | about 1 month ago
    As health ministers from around the world meet in the Ethiopian capital to tackle maternal mortality, women suffering birth-related injuries are given a new lease of life through a simple operation. Hailemariam Workneh is trying to amuse his son...
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