People Fixing the World

Condom Lifesavers and Voices for the Voiceless

People Fixing the World

Each year around 100,000 women die due to heavy bleeding after giving birth. But help is at hand from an unexpected source: condoms. World Hacks goes to a maternity hospital in Kenya to speak to the medical staff using this super-cheap kit that is saving lives. Also on the programme, the US start-up that is asking volunteers to donate their voices, then transforming them into personalised, digital voices for people with degenerative diseases. Reporters: Harriet Noble and Amelia Martyn-Hemphill Presenter: India Rakusen Image: Midwife Anne Mulinge / Credit: BBC

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