Blog:Healthy Lives

Impact: Broadcasting the Message

It is Wednesday, and the Amour & Vie weekly radio program – Love & Life in English – is starting in 15 minutes. Patricia Montcho and her co-host, Yann Kounde, look over their scripts and run through some lines. African pop music streams proudly through the crowded radio station. Amidst the chaos, Patricia seems ...
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Stories of People We Serve

The Story of Mariam Sangare

The Story of Mariam Sangare

Mariam Sangare, a 34-year-old from Mali, has already had 13 pregnancies, but only nine of her children have survived. She and her husband can’t afford to send any of their children to school, so after they had their last child, they decided to use family planning to prevent them from having more children. Mariam is among the 31% of married Malian woman who want to either space or limit their births but are unable to do so.
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