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  Somali Maternity Care Wednesday 5 June 2002  
Edna Adan Ismail is a woman of many firsts. She was the first woman in Somalia to receive training in Western nursing, the first Somalian woman to get a driving licence and this year she opened the first non-profit maternity hospital there.

She talks to Jenni about the hospital and what she hopes it will achieve.

BBC News Profile: Somalia


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