Medics from Gwent keeping Ethiopian mums and babies healthy

PRECIOUS: Mother and child in malnutrition clinic, Yirgacheffe health centre

3:34pm Saturday 26th November 2011

IT WAS 18-year-old Shemsia Sultan's first baby and things were not going well. She had been in labour for many hours with no sign of progress. It was late at night and the nearest aid was at a health centre 40km away.

Training from Gwent medics saves lives in Ethiopia

BUSY: The paediatric reception area at Hawassa Hospital, Ethiopia

6:00pm Friday 25th November 2011

A group of medical staff from Gwent has transformed the lives of people living in a part of Ethiopia. Argus digital editor MARTIN WADE, pictured, travelled with them to the African country to see their work first-hand.

Gwent medic team returns to help Ethiopia

11:15am Thursday 3rd November 2011

A GWENT charity which has helped train almost half the health workers in Southern Ethiopia is set to return in the twelfth year of its help.

Keep up with our man in Ethiopia

9:00am Thursday 3rd November 2011

ARGUS digital editor Martin Wade will be going with the Gwent-Southern Ethiopia Link on their visit to the African nation.






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