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A drug to stop women bleeding to death after childbirth
The drug that could save the lives of many women who could bleed to death after birth. In Kenya, Raila Odinga is confirmed as a presidential candidate.
(Photo: A woman in a maternity ward. Credit: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images)
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