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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 29/07/2008
Perhaps one of the most shocking things I learned while at Harvards School of Public Health was how unpopular maternal mortality is as an issue in the global health world. Im told thats thats partly a result of internal academic politicsthe obstetric and community health folks cannot seem to come to ...
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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 29/07/2008
Pregnant woman to her husband: why do you want me to have so many children? You are not the one who will die in childbirth.There is one song in particular that I have recorded at several of the prenatal clinics that keeps playing in my head. Indeed, I have come to think of this as the theme song for ...
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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 29/07/2008
This trip through Malawi has also been about exploring new ways to tell peoples storiesthrough narrated slide shows, video, geocoding photos and other multimedia. Theres a lot of equipment wrangling involved. Good thing I like gadgets.Heres a photo Eileen took of me in full multimedia regalia at the ...
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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 29/07/2008
One of the things I really admire about Eileen is her determination to keep photographing until she finds the right angle, lighting and composition for each shot. Just before leaving for Malawi, she fell and hurt her knee but convinced the doctor to let her come ahead anyway. So here she is on the F ...
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Posted by Christine Gorman http://www.blogger.com/profile/02031314317405641083 noreply@blogger.com on 27/07/2008
How electricity, satellite dishes and cell phones are changing Africa.Eileen can hardly believe I took this photo. Where's the action? The drama? The human beings?But I wanted to show how quickly some things are changing in Embangweni, Malawi.Electricity came to Embangweni Mission Hospital in 20 ...
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