Suffering from pre-eclampsia, this young mother had to undergo a Caesarean to deliver her twin boys, seen here in the arms of her mother (Malawi)

Under pressure: the battle to have a baby in Africa

16 February 2017

A complication of pregnancy that causes the mother’s blood pressure to rise – often fatally – is more common in women of African descent than any other. Research in Uganda by African and Cambridge researchers is helping to uncover why.

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The Naked Scientists

Naked Scientists return to the radio this Sunday

12 January 2013

Following successful negotiations with the BBC, the University’s Naked Scientists will be taking to the Cambridgeshire airwaves again at 6pm on Sunday 13th January with a new series of their award-winning weekly programme.

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Community radio volunteers, Breeze-FM, Chipata, Zambia

Democratising the airwaves

01 November 2010

A new research collaboration will investigate the capacity of radio to facilitate citizen-led governance in developing countries.

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