A NATO physician’s assistant demonstrates how to properly hold a baby during birthing classes in Afghanistan. The country suffers the world’s highest maternity and neonatal mortality rates, but since the Taliban takeover, the situation has worsened; the neonatal mortality rate could rise to 10% of all live births, the UN said.

First published in the August 10, 2022, 9:17 a.m. edition

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