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Victims of war: Women seek refuge to deliver their babies
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bmj;393/jun09_11/e950313/FAF1faCaitlin Kelly/APA group of Sudanese refugees wait for prenatal consultations in the Birao District Hospital in Central African Republic (CAR).The women are among the 36 414 refugees who have fled civil war at home. Having survived displacement, they face further health risks, as women in CAR are 138 times as likely to die in childbirth as in the European Union.1 The country's fragile healthcare has been further undermined by UK, US, and other countries'...
bmj;393/jun09_11/e950313/FAF1faCaitlin Kelly/APA group of Sudanese refugees wait for prenatal consultations in the Birao District Hospital in Central African Republic (CAR).The women are among the 36 414 refugees who have fled civil war at home. Having survived displacement, they face further health risks, as women in CAR are 138 times as likely to die in childbirth as in the European Union.1 The country's fragile healthcare has been further undermined by UK, US, and other countries' overseas aid cuts.