Madagascar: solar power ends dark age for rural clinics

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Solar panels sit on the roof of a rural hospital in Antsahadinta in rural Madagascar which is still unconnected to the national electricity and water grid. Several rural hospitals such as Antsahadintas were equipped with solar technology four years a ...
Solar panels sit on the roof of a rural hospital in Antsahadinta, in rural Madagascar which is still unconnected to the national electricity and water grid. Several rural hospitals such as Antsahadinta's were equipped with solar technology four years ago to produce their own electricity.

Elisabeth's 13 children were born by candlelight. Her daughter, who has just become a mother for the first time, was more "fortunate".


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