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Helping youth directly address their leaders: Mariam Abou Gado, Ouagadougou Partnership Youth Ambassador in Niger, meets with President Issoufou of Niger to discuss recommendations on family planning. The photo shows a smiling Miriam shaking hands with the president. PHOTO courtesy of EtriLabs/Yves Tamomo

An Improbable Success in a Troubled Region

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The Ouagadougou Partnership in Francophone West Africa advances access to family planning for health and development

A woman holds her newborn in a nursery at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan on Apr 3, 2013, which had one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates then at 2,054 per 100,000 live births. Photo shows a woman looking adoringly on her baby, who rests in her lap. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu

Healthy Birth—and Then What?

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Women in sub-Saharan Africa who give birth in health care facilities may not always receive high quality postpartum care