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Shuly Cawood

Former communications officer, IntraHealth International

Former communications officer, IntraHealth International

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Week Two in Ethiopia, Another Woman Saved

October 20, 2010

By Marsha Hamilton, Shuly Cawood

Things might have turned out differently had Shashitu delivered a month earlier. Things might have turned out much worse.