Afghans Dying from Lack of Medicine

“We just buried Mom. Can you believe it? She was too young to die. I can’t take her place for my younger siblings.” Click to expand Image Family members gather at the grave of Bibi Mohammadi, in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on April 2, 2022. © 2022 Private These are the painful words of my 17-year-old cousin, Sima, who had just lost her mother a few hours before we spoke. My Aunt Bibi was only 40 years old. She lived in Ghazni province in southeastern Afghanistan. She died from uterine bleeding caused by an infection. The doctors in Ghazni’s provincial hospital told her they didn’t have…

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