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Latin America and the Caribbean

Training course for traditional midwives in Guatemala.

Maternal mortality

New legal guidelines

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by Barbara Kühlen
A traditional midwife in Guatemala examines a pregnant woman.

Maternal mortality

Midwifery is part of the culture

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by Barbara Kühlen
2014 demonstration for the legalisation of abortion in El Salvador and the release of 17 women who had suffered miscarriages but were given long prison sentences for supposed abortions.

Abortion

Public disclosure

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by Katja Dombrowski
Poor women suffer in particular under El Salvador’s abortion law.

Women’s rights

International pressure for reform

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by Katja Dombrowski
Anti-government protests in Venezuela’s capital Caracas.

Venezuela

From 21st century socialism to dictatorship

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by Francine Jácome
Toddlers learn a lot when caregivers show and explain things – and eveyone involved enjoys it.

Child development

Empowering parents

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by Susan Walker

Cultural heritage

Revealing cultural diversity

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by Danielle Rotholi
by Aida Azarnoush
In 2013, President Enrique Peña Nieto introduced a national strategy to prevent and control obesity and diabetes.

Diabetes

Mexico’s sugar war

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by Sonja Peteranderl

Venezuela is in a depressing state

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by Hans Dembowski
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