Women rights
May 24 2010, John

The UK government through DFID is to give Uganda 45 million condoms to avert 75,000 abortions and 250,000 unwanted pregnancies. Uganda has one of the highest maternal mortality rates, 435 per 100,000 live births.

The article in the Monitor daily goes.

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