At mid-afternoon, a special baby lets out her first cry. Noelia has just been born in a tent serving as a temporary maternity ward at Mananjary's referral hospital, after the main structure was destroyed by cyclones. 

Segolame Bolosaka, 23, a young mother of two and with a third on the way, works on a farm together with her partner. They live in Kgare, a small settlement with no clinic, school, or running water. She travels by donkey cart to the nearby village to access health services.

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