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Controversy Trails Food-Distribution Efforts (story and gallery)
Posted on February 1, 2013 | No CommentsBy Jessica Stallone
In the cooling shade of doum palm trees, more than 30 women sat waiting with restless children in their laps. A jeep driven by Merlin relief workers materialized out of the sandy hills that lined the Koono village horizon, ending the women’s wait. -
Traditional Midwives Try Modern Ways
Posted on February 1, 2013 | No CommentsBy Nicole Bansen
Akai Lokiridi Vivien waited for the nurse in the dusty Eliye Springs Dispensary, rubbing her pregnant belly and describing the modern way she hopes to give birth: no spear cutting the umbilical cord, no root teas. -
Clinging to Tradition, Turkana Mothers Shun Maternity Clinic (story and gallery)
Posted on February 1, 2013 | No CommentsBy Deanna Del Ciello
LORENG’ELUP, Kenya – Joyce Apus, a birth aide from Turkana, sat outside of a clay-colored maternity clinic in this remote village with a child on her lap and her feet in the dirt. It was mid-January 2013, one month shy of the clinic’s first birthday.