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Transforming the Birth Experience in the Philippines with Quality Maternity Care and Free Birth Centers
Maternal and infant survival rates at Mercy in Action birth centers are four times higher than the national average. Mercy in Action has been sponsoring free birth centers and facilitating the delivery of quality maternity care since 1991. With over 16,000 babies born in their facilities, the organization has profoundly impacted the lives of women…
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Deworming in Vietnam
Deworming in Vietnam Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) impact 24% of the world’s population and impair the nutritional status of the people they infect in multiple ways.1 The worms feed on host tissues, including blood, which leads to a loss of iron and protein.1 They can cause chronic intestinal blood loss that can result in anemia, and…
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A Wave of Need: A Midwife’s Story
The 2013 storm marked one of the deadliest typhoons to strike the Visayas island group in the central Philippines, claiming over 6,300 lives. At landfall, Haiyan (Yolanda) had maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (314 km/h), making it one of the most, if not the most, powerful tropical cyclones to strike land.1 The physical destruction…