Afghan Mother and Newborn Daughter Highlight Challenges of Maternal Health in Paktia Province [Image 6 of 9]

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02.19.2009

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A mother rests on a bed, wrapped in her traditional Afghan burka, with her hours-old baby girl at the Paktia provincial hospital in Gardez City, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2009. Infant mortality rate is 16 percent in this eastern Afghanistan province, and 20 percent of mothers die during childbirth. DoD photo by Fred W. Baker III

• Date Taken: 02.19.2009
• Date Posted: 07.03.2025 18:39
• Photo ID: 9154203
• VIRIN: 090219-D-D0439-9265
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