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The Maisha Yetu Project

category international | gender and sexuality | other press author Tuesday February 27, 2007 10:29author by Chris Murray

IWMF- Press Release

The full title of the release is :-
" Writing for Our Lives'- How The Maisha Yetu project changed Health Coverage
in Africa.

The document is 124 pages long and downloadable as pdf at:-

http://www.iwmf.org/pdfs/WFOLforweb2.pdf



Of particular interest is the chapter on the birthing process and tribal respect and
methodology, the significance of the relationship between daughter/ mother and
grand-daughter in reducing risk of infection and creating a safe place for the
new mother.

" Writing for our lives documents the innovative iwmf project that dramatically
improved reporting on HIV/AIDS/TB and Malaria in Botswana, Senegal and Kenya"

There is a hard copy version available in a link on the Maisha Yetu site.

Related Link: http://wwwiwmf.org/pdfs/WFOLforweb2.pdf

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