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<div><div>Afghanistan is one of the world’s least developed countries. According to the World Health Organization, 70 per<span style="font-size: 13px;">cent of the population ‘lives in extreme poverty and health vulnerability’ and maternal mortality is the highest in </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">the world. With the help of over 25,000 volunteers, the Afghan Red Crescent Society is helping to change this, bringing </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">first aid, health promotion and health education into communities across the country. In order to address the </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">unique challenges of maternal, child and newborn health in remote regions of this country, the society had to </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">design a new approach to community health that recognized local and cultural values.</span></div></div><div><br></div>News article begins on page 2 of the document.

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news article

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2012

Afghanistan is one of the world’s least developed countries. According to the World Health Organization, 70 percent of the population ‘lives in extreme poverty and health vulnerability’ and maternal mortality is the highest in the world. With the help of over 25,000 volunteers, the Afghan Red Crescent Society is helping to change this, bringing first aid, health promotion and health education into communities across the country. In order to address the unique challenges of maternal, child and newborn health in remote regions of this country, the society had to design a new approach to community health that recognized local and cultural values.

News article begins on page 2 of the document.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. "Putting women at the centre of community health programmes." March 15, 2012, accessed September 30, 2013. http://www.ifrc.org/en/news-and-media/news-stories/asia-pacific/afghanistan/putting-women-at-the-centre-of-community-health-programmes/.