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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Saving Grace

Grace Mathanga
Grace at her family home in the village of Ben Chauya, Malawi. Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
Grace Mathanga
Grace at her own home in Lilongwe, Malawi. Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
Grace Mathanga in the street
Walking in the street, near the market where she used to work in a shoe shop Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
Bwalia hospital maternity ward
The maternity ward in Bwaila Hospital, where Grace (not pictured) will have her baby Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
Bwalia hospital maternity ward
Pregnant women queue in a corridor at the hospital Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
Bwali hospital Malawi Nangando Dokotara holding her baby grandaughter
Nangando Dokotara holds her baby granddaughter in her arms after her daughter died during the birth. Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
Bwalia hospital maternity ward
Women at the maternity ward. Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
Nangando Dokotara holding her baby granddaughter at Bwalia hospital
Nangando Dokotara reflects in the corridor with her baby granddaughter Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
Grace Mathanga portrait
Grace back at home. Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
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