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Afghanistan / © CARE 1995 / Tom Alcedo |
- Only 11 percent of Afghan women are literate.i
- Almost 50 percent of all Afghan children are malnourished.ii
- Over 20 percent of Afghan children under 5 die every year.iii
- The ratio of doctor to patient in Afghan is less than 1 doctor to every 1,000 people.iv
- Since 1980, Afghanistan has had the world's largest refugee population. Six million Afghans have fled the country, and an additional two million are internally displaced.v
- Each year, approximately 16,000 Afghan mothers die in childbirth.vi
iAsian Development Bank
iiWorld Bank
iiiIBID
ivIBID
vCenter for Economic and Social Rights
viIBID
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