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Triplets born safely in newly electrified maternity ward
A mother sits with her three babies on a hospital bed Not so long ago, when Clarisse – pregnant with triplets – went into labour late one evening at the General Reference Hospital in Ingende in the province of Equateur, everyone would have prayed for a straightforward delivery. Women with multiple pregnancies have a higher risk of complications…
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A mother and daughter’s battle against malnutrition
"A month ago , my daughter’s health started to deteriorate , she lost appetite", declares Imani Bitendo, a mother who lives in a village located in Mwenga territory in South-Kivu province. The little Esther was always joyful, but after a while she became very weak and couldn’t smile anymore. Based on the tips give...
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The European Union and UNICEF sign a partnership agreement for better access to health care for the population in DRC
KINSHASA, 22 June 2020 - The European Union (EU) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have signed a €4.5 million partnership agreement to help implement the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) National Health Development Plan. This partnership targets children and pregnant women in 33...
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Training to save lives
Still weakened and emaciated, Annie Muke hugs her newborn baby close and realizes gradually that she has grazed the worst. When she was due to give birth to her fourth child, things did not go as planned. “She arrived in a critical condition”, said Fifi Lomboto, the midwife who accompanied Annie during her childb...
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A delivery under the crackling of the bullets
"After 4 or 5 kilometers of walking, I felt pains in the lower abdomen and then blood began to flow," says Jeanne, 34, who fled her village east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in October 2017. " One evening around 5 pm, while my husband was fishing at the lake, soldiers broke into our village and shots were ...