Merlin launches health worker campaign

Third Sector Online, 21 November 2008

A woman and her newborn baby lie on the floor in the healthcare centre at Dissikou in the Central African Republic, one of the countries worst affected by the shortage of healthcare workers in the developing world.

In the background is Genevieve Ipande, one of two midwives in the centre who are unqualified but have between them 50 years of experience in delivering babies. The international medical aid charity Merlin yesterday launched Hands Up for Health Workers, a two-year campaign to address the shortage of four million...

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