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NEW YORK TIMES February 2, 2009, "Weight Loss Reduces Incontinence in Women" By RONI CARYN RABIN

"Women often have a hard time controlling their weight after menopause. Around the same time in their lives, some women also start to experience embarrassing urine leaks and uncontrollable urges to go to the bathroom. The two problems appear to be related, and a new clinical trial reports that losing weight may help relieve incontinence" MIA volunteer, Dr. ELAINE WAETJEN, an associate professor of gynecology at University of California, Davis Health System is also quoted in this article. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/health/research/03incontinence.html

Two ObGyns, "MIA" in the developing world

OBG MAGAZINE, July 2009, by Drs. DEBORAH CHONG and KAROLYNN ECHOLS written by Angela Sykes

"Our shared concern over the problem of shockingly high rates of maternal mortality led us to found Medicine in Action (simply, MIA) in 2005. This nonprofit, global organization provides medical and surgical care to people in developing countries, with a focus on women's health." MIA President, Dr. DEBORAH CHONG and MIA Vice President, Dr. KAROLYNN ECHOLS. http://www.obgmanagement.com/article_pages.asp?AID=7745

Articles about Medical Issues in the Areas in which we work

NEW YORK TIMES June 2, 2009, The Deadly Toll of Abortion by Amateurs, By DENISE GRADY

The article discusses the problem of illegal abortions in Tanzania. Many amateurs offer abortions to young women in secret who are put in serious danger by this practice. Link http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/health/02abort.html?_r=1&ref=health

NEW YORK TIMES May 24, 2009 Death in Birth: Where Life's Start Is a Deadly Risk By DENISE GRADY

"More than half of the 536,000 women who die each year in pregnancy and childbirth are in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. Most of the deaths are preventable, with basic obstetrical care. Tanzania, with roughly 13,000 deaths annually, has neither the best nor the worst record in Africa. Although it is politically stable, it is also one of the world's poorest countries, suffering from almost every problem that contributes to high maternal death rates, shortages of doctors, nurses, drugs, equipment, roads and transportation." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/health/24birth.html?emc=eta1