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Dealing with infertility and child adoption in Africa

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Infertility is incredibly challenging in many African communties. It is often the women who are shamed when a couple is childless, and adoption is not always easy. Josey Mahachi talks to Dr. Promise Sefogah, the Vice President of the Fertility Society of Ghana, Judith Mwila, a child rights activist in Zambia and DW correspondent Naomi Jasseda in Tanzania.
2 Oct 2024 English Germany News

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