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Maternity care in Afghanistan

We talk about the impact of foreign aid cuts on Afghanistan's public health system.

Our correspondent Yogita Limaye has spent time in maternity wards in the Afghan province of Badakhshan. A year into Taliban rule, local doctors say the number of newborn deaths and miscarriages in the province have nearly doubled. We hear about the women Yogita has met.

The head of Ukraine’s nuclear power company has accused Russian soldiers of turning the Zaporizhzhia plant into a military base. We hear more from our reporter who is monitoring the developments.

We hear from protesters in Bangladesh who have been in the streets, voicing their anger over the 52% fuel price hike.

We speak to people in Iraq about what’s it like when temperatures rise to above 50C.

(Photo: A newborn baby holds on a nurse's finger at the maternity ward of the children hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan October 24, 2021. Credit: Jorge Silva/File Photo/Reuters)

50 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Aug 2022 15:06GMT

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Aug 2022 15:06GMT

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