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  • Shoes that grow
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    Growing feet? Try expandable shoes Jump to media player Children from slums in Kenya are being given expandable shoes for their growing feet.
    • 28 Dec 17
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  • Local health worker Agnes with the ring that's helping women protect themselves from HIV
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    The secret ring helping women protect themselves from HIV Jump to media player Could this vaginal ring help protect women from HIV in communities where men refuse to use condoms?
    • 30 Nov 17
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    A condom to save a new mum's life Jump to media player Here's how a condom, a catheter, and a syringe could stop women dying during childbirth.
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    How one country persuaded teens to give up drink and drugs Jump to media player Iceland used to have a big teenage drinking, smoking and drug problem. Now it doesn't.
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    Why is Africa building a Great Green Wall? Jump to media player Eleven countries are planting a wall of trees from east to west across Africa in order to push back the desert - and in Senegal it's already working.
    • 26 Sep 17
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Children from the Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, are being given expandable shoes for their growing feet.

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  • 28 Dec 2017
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