Maternal mortality in Afghanistan: Challenges, efforts, and recommendations

• Main Authors: Zoaib Habib Tharwani (Author), Prince Kumar (Author), Sean Kaisser Shaeen (Author), Zarmina Islam (Author), Mohammad Yasir Essar (Author), Shoaib Ahmad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Maternal mortality is a major concern in Afghanistan. Even though the mortality rate is decreasing, Afghanistan still ranks below most countries in terms of maternal mortality. Challenges such as political instability, the COVID-19 pandemic, and unskilled staff are proving to be a burden on the heal...