Stories from women in some of the world’s most remote places reveal that the challenges of giving birth safely are strikingly similar across continents. And they are preventable. Three women living in vastly different places are brought together by shared challenges during pregnancy: Hermina in Central African Republic (CAR), Murjanatu in northern Nigeria and Sabera […]
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In Central African Republic (CAR), access to electricity remains a major challenge, hindering the development and quality of essential services, particularly in healthcare. According to the World Bank, only one in seven people in CAR has access to electricity, with stark disparities between the capital, Bangui (35 per cent), and rural areas (0.4 per cent). In […]
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According to a United Nations report, 41 per cent of the population of the Central African Republic (CAR) is undernourished. Over the period from October 2022 to August 2023, it was estimated that almost 298,000 children aged 0-59 months and over 140,600 pregnant and breastfeeding women suffered from acute malnutrition, according to figures from the […]