Making a difference in Myanmar
On 8 May 2012, Dr Paul Sender, Myanmar Country Director, spoke to the BBC’s Burmese Service about Merlin’s health work in Myanmar.
View ArticleCentral African Republic - The Forgotten Country
Can you name this country? It’s about 2½ times the size of the UK and is home to over 4 million people. The chances are that you can’t.
View ArticleA lasting legacy
As I near forty years of age, and have ‘gained’ two nieces, I’ve started to think about what I do with what little I have when I die. And after considering my family and friends, my thoughts turned to...
View ArticleFamily planning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Merlin's Head of Health, Dr Samson Agbo, travelled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to see the fantastic work Merlin is doing on family planning.
View ArticlePromoting safe motherhood in Kenya
Pippa Findlay blogs from Turkana, an arid region in north west Kenya mainly inhabited by tribes of nomadic farmers.
View ArticleMeet Doctor Sadaf
Doctor Sadaf ventures where most trained doctors wouldn’t go and brings hope to hundred of women in Pakistan.
View ArticleMillennium Development Goals
In 2000, 189 world leaders met at the United Nations and agreed to eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to encourage development in the world’s poorest countries and seek to solve some of the...
View ArticleMother and Child
Every minute, at least one woman dies from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. We hope to banish that statistic by providing expectant women with the care they need.
View ArticleLiving healthy lives in the Central African Republic
Fedwa cradles Eboma, her three week old daughter. But Eboma’s little life might so easily have ended before it began.
View ArticleMy first Mother's Day
Lucy Speed, ex Eastenders star and proud Merlin supporter celebrates her first Mother's Day. Thinking about the mothers and children around the world without proper healthcare, she's decided to do the...
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