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Half the Sky: Why Do Mothers Die in Somaliland?
Hinda Hassan's death was needless and Diane Lane and Nicholas Kristof talk to Nimo, the midwife who helped her to find out what happened. In a country with no family planning and no trained doctors performing C-Sections, Hinda's death was something that would should happen in the 21st century.
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