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The Dangers of Home Births in Pakistan
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Homebirths are common in Pakistan, and Mandy Cunningham goes on the ground to try to understand the many risks associated with ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:41
Life in a Nepalese Hospital without a Doctor
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Hear about how one hospital survives without a doctor in the Nepalese mountains

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
A Nepalese Woman, Kamala, Makes her way to the Hospital
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for a pregnant women to get medical care in a small village in Nepal

  • Added: Oct 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:01
Risks for Women Giving Birth at a Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Hear about how difficult it is for pregnant women and new mothers with limited resources in an Afghanistan Hospital

Bought by WBEZ and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 2
Women's group fights malnutrition with knowledge in San Pablo La Laguna, Guatemala
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! Women's group in San Pablo La Laguna on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala uses workshop trainings and community based education to lowe...

Bought by KZYX, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and SpiritHouse Inc/Youth Noise Network


  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 3
International Day of Peace marked with polio vaccination drive in Afghanistan
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Afghanistan leaders, usually at war, call a few days of tranquility for UNICEF and partners to vaccinate 1.3 million children

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 02:46
A Darfur village turns its back on conflict, opting instead for development
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! This piece outlines to listeners how in Darfur, not everything is black and white - its gives an alternate perspective on the d...

  • Added: May 10, 2007
  • Length: 03:56
Douglas Webb, AIDS advisor in Africa reports on orphans and vulnerable children
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! UNICEF's AIDS Advisor on Eastern and Southern Africa, Douglas Webb, gives a full report on UNICEF's new publication on Orphans ...

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Aug 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Martin Bell's Democratic Republic of Congo Child Alert
From: UNICEF
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This Story is free! Ex-BBC War Correspondent Martin Bell gives a report on Dr Congo and the affects of war, disease and hunger on children there

Bought by AIFM


  • Added: Jul 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:06
  • Purchases: 1
Youth Against HIV in Cameroon
From: UNICEF
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This Story is Free! Young people in Cameroon, West Africa, join forces to identify and eliminate HIV risk factors in their community

Bought by WBEZ


  • Added: Jun 09, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 1
Anti- Malarial Bednets Make a Difference in Tanzania
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! A program to provide bednets to prevent malaria in Tanzania, starting with the women and children, is a huge success.

  • Added: May 05, 2005
  • Length: 07:10
Child Trafficking Around the World
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! - Story of the problem of Child Trafficking in Eastern Europe, Asia and Africa

Bought by AIFM and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Ridding Cambodia of Landmines
From: UNICEF
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This story is free! - Landmines in Cambodia are still a huge problem, effecting millions of children 

Bought by WBEZ, KFAI Minneapolis, and American Independence Radio


  • Added: Feb 11, 2005
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 3
We Are The World
From: Charline Spektor
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Dr. Amy Pollack, President of EngenderHealth describes US attempts at world health issues.

  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 58:58
The Global AIDS Crisis
From: Charline Spektor
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Dr. Judith Auerback, Vice President , Public Policy for the American Foundation for AIDS describes the worldwide epidemic.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 03, 2004
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 1