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Africa is riskiest place to be born; 1 million babies die on day of birth globally: new report

May 8, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 1 million babies die the day they are born every year, and the 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa, according to a new report released … read more »

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Bill Gates: My Plan to Fix The World’s Biggest Problems

January 27, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Prashant PanjiarBy custom, many Ethiopian parents won’t name a child for weeks, in case the baby dies. Sebsebila Nassir, pictured above with a health worker, named her newborn daughter Amira—’princess’ in Arabic—on her immunization card the … read more »

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