
One By One Heidi arrived in Ethiopia, headed straight to the Afar region to meet with grantee Valerie Browning

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Call for safe motherhood--skilled birth attendants are needed! http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/8022 28/-/vmtwdb/-/
Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports, Blogs, Photos, Videos- Training on safe c.
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Health workers from district hospitals in Western Province are to undergo training on how to tackle the high number of birth-related complications .

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Due to lack of access to proper health care and child marriage practices, 800,000 Nigerian women suffer from fistula http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?i d=159539%27
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It is estimated that about 800, 000 women are caught in the web of Vesico-Vaginal Fistula (VVF) in Nigeria. The figure is reflective of the dismal health indices of the country as experts lament that the ...

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Read a Malawi woman's account living with fistula: http://www.irinnews.org/HOVReport.aspx?R eportId=86990
IRIN Africa | Malawi | MALAWI: Lucy Chikoti, "My husband wants to marry another woman because I have
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BALAKA, Obstetric fistula is preventable and treatable, but many women in Malawi are unaware of this. The condition is caused by prolonged obstructed labour and is not only one of the most serious complications of childbirth, but also one of the biggest and most disabling health afflictions. ...

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arrived safely in Tanzania, hitting the ground running, meeting up with Maggie Bangser, the Founder and FormerExecutiveDirector of Tanzania-based Women's Dignity Project, to talk about theimportance of health care workers in the prevention of fistula and toprovide for safe motherhood. For more info visit: http://thecitizen.co.tz/newe.php?id=1544 4

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As One By One ED heads to Africa to visit our grantees...Check out our 2009 grantees: http://www.fightfistula.org/grantmaking_ 2009CycleOne.asp
Source: www.fightfistula.org
Aiming to prevent fistula, we are proud to announce three new grantees and our forays into two new countries (Niger and Ethiopia) and into medical research studying the possibility of preventing obstructed labor, the cause of obstetric fistula.

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One By One One By One's Executive Director is headed off to Ethiopia and Tanzania this month to visit our incredible grantees -- stay tuned for updates!

One By One According to the UNFPA, every minute, a woman dies in childbirth. Childbirth also is responsible for more female deaths than such events like war.

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One By One is Non-Profit-of-the-Month during October at the Green Bean Coffeehouse. Check out our displays and information:
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Watch Half the Sky Co-Author Sheryl Wudunn talk about why women's
rights are the cause of our time and take on Steven Colbert:
http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertrepo rt/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=2 50379
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Full Episode: In this episode, Glamour readers vote to dump Conan O'Brien and marry Stephen. A 76-year-old truck driver, a mom and Brody Jenner are all tased. Paul Krugman calls Stephen to apologize, and Sheryl WuDunn wants to end poverty by giving women loans.

One By One This Sunday NY Times, August 23rd, is devoted to: Why Women's Rights are the Cause of Our Time. Please check it out online or on newsstands.
Source: www.nytimes.com
Features, columns, style and food coverage from The New York Times Magazine.

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RECOMMENDED READING. Go to our website to learn more about the amazing new book by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn called Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.
This book is a dream come true for me. We at One By One have always worked to connect people to the myriad complexity of what women face through the lens of obstetric fistula. I hope you'll read this!
Source: www.fightfistula.org
Obstetric fistula, a devastating childbirth injury caused by unrelieved obstructed labor, affects women and girls living in poverty in the developing world.

One By One Read about our three new grantees! We have two grant cycles now, we have six grantees in three countries and this new group is all prevention. We are so excited and couldn't do it without our supporters. Spread the word!
Source: www.fightfistula.org
In our effort to help as many women as we can, One By One’s Board of Directors is pleased to be able to offer sustainable, efficient, and effective support to worthy fistula treatment and prevention programs worldwide.
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