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Alcohol ‘drinking’ babies on the rise

More and more women continue to drink alcohol even during their pregnancy (Photo: Shutterstock)

As women close the drinking gap between them and men, more unborn children are being exposed to alcohol.

“I could not pull away from the gang,” says Irene, a nurse in Nairobi, and a mother of a three-year-old boy.

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