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People standing up for their right to health – New Video

To mark Human Rights Day (10 December), Action for Global Health and ActionAid India have launched a new video which shows how communities of a remote area of Orissa in south-eastern India stand up for their right to health. India is a vast country with diverse culture, traditions and government structures, and its growing population already [...]

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Do you know Samuel? Let me introduce you a real health hero

Do you know Samuel? Let me introduce you a real health hero

The minute Samuel Kargbo finished his presentation at an Action for Global Health conference in Spain in June, we knew he and AfGH were at the start of a long and fruitful friendship. So it is only natural that Samuel, together with Malawian Marta Kwataine, became one of the “health heroes” our team will work with during the [...]

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Tanzanian health system: a jigsaw with many pieces missing

While visiting a district hospital about an hour outside of Dar es Salaam we spoke to the district AIDS coordinator, who spoke about the importance of integrating HIV and AIDS services into the services of the hospital as it doesn’t make sense for people to have to visit different facilities. As you can see from [...]

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