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TORORO, UGANDA – JULY 25: Head antenatal nurse Margie Harriet Egessa providing antenatal counseling and checkups for a group of pregnant women at Mukujju clinic. This clinic is supported by DSW. July 25, 2014 in Tororo, Uganda. (Photo by Jonathan Torgovnik for The Hewlett Foundation/Reportage by Getty Images)
CENTRE FOR HEALTH HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT

Citizens win case for safe childbirth

In Uganda 16 women in labour die each day. One woman, backed by a civil society organisation, took the state to court

  • Amy Fallon
  • Tinka Teddy Nalule
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