Sangimo, a Tajik woman dressed in traditional costume, holds her newborn, while sitting with her mother-in-law, at Saleha Bayat Hospital in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in the northern province of Balkh. The recently renovated hospital has 100 beds and performs more than 20 emergency deliveries daily. Most women come to the hospital from remote areas, where they lack access to skilled health workers, clinics, roads and transportation. In June 2007 in Afghanistan, chronic insecurity and renewed violence, especially in rural areas, continue to impede recovery from decades of war, and limit progr
Sangimo, a Tajik woman dressed in traditional costume, holds her newborn, while sitting with her mother-in-law, at Saleha Bayat Hospital in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif in the northern province of Balkh. The recently renovated hospital has 100 beds and performs more than 20 emergency deliveries daily. Most women come to the hospital from remote areas, where they lack access to skilled health workers, clinics, roads and transportation. In June 2007 in Afghanistan, chronic insecurity and renewed violence, especially in rural areas, continue to impede recovery from decades of war, and limit progress for all the country's 25 million people - particularly its children andA woman covered in burqa, a typical enveloping outer garment worn by women in Afghanistan, leaves with a man from the Herat Maternity Hospital. women. The nation's social indicators rank at or near the bottom among developing countries: average life expectancy is below 45 years; 40 to 60 percent of Afghan children are stunted or chronically malnourished; and the maternal mortality rate, at 1,600 per 100,000 live births, is one of the highest in the world. At least 50 women die every day from pregnancy-related complications and fewer than 2 per cent of women have ever attended a hospital or clinic. happy, happiness, smiles, smiling
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