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Profile: A fishing village in Kerala mourns Italian nurse Lauretta Farina of Bergamo

Did you know that there is a small fishing village called Marianad, in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India, which owes a lot of its history to a public health nurse from Bergamo – the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Italy? This nurse, Lauretta Farina, 86, passed away on 12 March 2020, in a retirement home in Bergamo.

Title of publication: Yemaya ICSF's Newsletter on Gender and Fisheries
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Issue: 60
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Page range: 9-10
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Author: John Kurien
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Organization: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Year: 2020
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Country/ies: India
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Type: Newsletter article
Content language: English
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