An Afghan woman dies every two hours during pregnancy and childbirth, according to UN estimates. It's a statistic a new midwife trainee program is attempting to address.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleIn a small village circled by velvety white snow-topped mountains in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, Aziza Rahimi mourns the baby son she lost last year after a harrowing birth with no medical care.
Aziza Rahimi's village is one of several around Bamiyan that have sent young women to train as midwives. "When the roads are blocked, of course there is no means of transportation," Mohammad Ashraf Niazi, the head of UNHCR's Bamiyan office, said. "We want to learn and serve the people of our village," said one 23-year-old trainee, who walks two hours each day to the hospital. UNHCR asked the trainees not be named for safety.
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