Tanzania's Free SMS Health Campaign Helps Pregnant Women, New Mothers

Dar es Salaam — When Halima Rahim became a mother for the first time, friends and acquaintances in Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar Es Salaam, were quick to offer advice and help.

Had Rahim listened to them, she would have raised her baby on porridge rather than breast milk, not realising the risk to her daughter's health.

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