Let delivering mums live

When the crayons end up on the walls or the shoes magically disappear, it is easy to respond in anger. Being a mum is a tough job and even the best mums have their “bad days”.

Many women have little power at home — and younger women even less, say Sabine Garbarino and Frances Hansford.

We usually have the mothers return to their beds shortly after delivery to make room for other mothers coming in to give birth, but this time we let the mother, Edmunda, rest on the delivery bed due to her traumatic delivery and after­math.

Delivering Red Cross aid to South Sudan

By Hassan Abbas, Dar es Salaam
Former President of the Republic of Botswana, HE Festus MogaeThe Independent Review Panel (IRP) led by former President of the Republic of Botswana, Festus Mogae has noted that the Big Results Now! (BRN) programme initiated by the government of Tanzania represents a key effort towards a best practice system for transformational change in the way the government operates. Presenting the Panel’s independent report after evaluating the program in Dar es Salaam, Mr....

Ngara man kills wife for delivering twins
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THE police in Kagera Region are investigating an incident where a resident of Ngara district killed his wife after she delivered twins, alleging that it was a 'curse' in his family. Kagera Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr Henry Mwaibambe, named the ...

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The global drive to end extreme poverty will not succeed without a shift in focus to the very poorest

 A new funding plan to deliver basic health and education for everyone is essential to end extreme poverty, according to The ONE Campaign’s DATA Report 2015: “Putting the Poorest First,” (http://www.one.org) which was launched today in Abidjan, in the margins of the African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings.

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