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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

As casualties soar, Afghanistan struggles to treat civilians maimed by conflict

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A woman works on a prosthetic limb.
Staff at the ICRC's orthopaedic centre make artificial limbs. Most of the employees are amputees themselves; they started as patients before training for a job helping others with disabilities...
Asia
Afghanistan
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Staff at the ICRC's orthopaedic centre make artificial limbs. Most of the employees are amputees themselves; they started as patients before training for a job helping others with disabilities...
Conflict
Health
A woman works on a prosthetic limb.
The state health system is itself a casualty of decades-long conflict, leaving aid groups to fill gaps in care.

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