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We have all but eradicated leprosy in the project area (the rate has been reduced from: 150/10,000 to 3/10,000). |
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Our tuberculosis cure rate is 77% (the government rate, in the same area, is about 30%). |
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Our Aids awareness training is nationally renowned. |
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We have doubled levels of AIDS awareness and knowledge of prevention measures in the project area. |
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Working with government health staff we have achieved a polio vaccination rate of 99%. |
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So many women are now self-employed thanks to loans accessed through their involvement with the partners that it has created a shortage of casual labour. This has forced up the local wage rate benefiting all the local poor. |
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Women in our projects have begun to speak out against rape and violence and to demand that legal action is taken. |
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We have supported dalit men and women to become involved in local politics for the first time. |
