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robknowles

12-8-2008 9:18 PM

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They are not doctors. They are not nurses. They are illiterate women from India's Untouchable castes. Yet as trained village health workers, they are delivering babies, curing disease, and saving lives—including their own.

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They are not nurses. They are illiterate women from India's Untouchable castes. Yet as trained village health workers, they are delivering babies, curing disease, and saving lives—including their own.</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://content5.clipmarks.com/content/558554A7-EE26-425C-ADEB-571732C01995/"><DIV>She carries a blood-pressure cuff, a stethoscope, a baby scale, and a thin logbook. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://content5.clipmarks.com/content/558554A7-EE26-425C-ADEB-571732C01995/"><DIV>They deliver babies and then visit them. They see pregnant women and old people. 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