Tagged: Uzbekistan

A young girl living with HIV in Uzbekistan looks at us from behind the trunk of a tree

Out of darkness and into light: My story

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I was born prematurely at seven months. The doctors told my mother that I probably wasn’t going to survive, so she left me in the hospital. At some point during my stay in the hospital I was given a blood transfusion. That was how I got HIV. When I was 14 days old my grandmother discovered I’d been born and came to get me. She has… Read more →←
A nurse with a stethoscope kneels to check on a child sitting on his mother's lap.

Saving young lives in Uzbekistan

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“Two triplets were born in our district maternal wards this year,” says Nemat Abdullayev, a neonatologist from Gurlan, a remote town in northwestern Uzbekistan, with an air of satisfaction. “Both cases were premature births — the babies were 31 and 32 weeks old. Fortunately, they survived and left the hospital fully… Read more →←

What does it take to prepare for a humanitarian emergency?

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Here are five ways that UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP) are working together to ensure countries are better prepared for the moment when disaster strikes. 1. Keeping life-saving supplies close at hand Certain parts of the world are prone to floods, droughts, earthquakes and other crises. In these areas, one of the best ways to… Read more →←

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