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No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.

The desert loves me. I love the desert. It's nice to be in the heat in Africa. I love it.

For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.

My children are still young, but I try to talk to them about giving back and how important it is, just to look at the world, be invested in things, to be passionate about things, to have a dream.

There's a saying in Africa: To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.

When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames are really small, and they're usually malnourished.