Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth

March 21, 2010 · Posted in general · Comment 

Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:04 AM
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Kabul, Afghanistan

HERAT, Afghanistan “ Even for a country that generates grim statistics, this one looms large: One in eight women in Afghanistan dies during childbirth.  

Even more tragic is that the overwhelming majority of these deaths ” 80 percent, according to the United Nations ” are easily preventable.

“Its not easy for women to have health care,” said Dr. Qudsia El-Yar, a 41-year-old gynecologist who works at the Herat Maternity Hospital in western Afghanistan. 

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