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Designed in Canada, deployed in Mozambique
How a Mozambican expat in Saskatchewan designed a motorcycle ambulance to help improve maternal health in his homeland
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It was designed and tested in Saskatoon, but now a motorcycle ambulance is helping communities in Mozambique ensure that pregnant women can get to the medical care they and their newborns need. Part of an ongoing series of stories about innovative projects in the developing world, a partnership between the International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic.
Visit the Charting Change website to read “Designed in Canada, deployed in Mozambique ”.
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