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Women and children at the Chipapa Rural Health Clinic

'Life after debt', Zambia.
When the G8 make good on their promises, people start to see the difference. Zambia, for example, received debt cancellation as a result of the 2005 G8 summit. Since then, the Zambian government has been able to provide better health care for the poorest in the country; like the women and children pictured here at the Chipapa Health Clinic in rural Zambia.

Photo: Oxfam

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