Source: US Agency for International Development
Country: Afghanistan
Since 2003, Afghanistan has witnessed significant progress in the health sector. In spite of these gains, mortality rates for Afghan women and children remain much higher than the rest of the world, in part due to the limited use of birth spacing and family planning services. According to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, Afghanistan was ranked 185 of 201 countries on child mortality in 2013, and pregnancy-related causes of death remain the leading risk for women in their child-bearing years.
