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  • Tanzania's Missing Girls Rarely Raise a Murmur. Women’s E-news, 22 May 2008. Poverty and tradition help fuel a potent business in human trafficking in East Africa, where a girl can sell for $20. Most kidnapped children are not as lucky as Saffi, who returned after her mother bought TV ads. Many disappear without much notice.
  • Female genital mutilation linked to AIDS. Toronto Star, 01 September 2007. ARUSHA, Tanzania–Researchers and activists are linking the feminization of HIV-AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa with another major health affliction for women in the region: female genital mutilation.
  • Fistula aggravated by inadequate resources and ignorance. IRIN News, 14 June 2007. Poverty, inadequate investment in healthcare services, lack of knowledge about maternal health and pregnancy-related emergencies are some of the limitations aggravating the problem of obstetric fistula in Tanzania, according to a new report.

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17 June, 2008

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