Pakistan has highest rate of newborn mortality - Unicef study

The UN children's agency has singled out Pakistan as the riskiest country for newborns, saying that for every 1,000 infants, 46 die at birth.

Pakistan has highest rate of newborn mortality - Unicef study

The UN children's agency has singled out Pakistan as the riskiest country for newborns, saying that for every 1,000 infants, 46 die at birth.

Dr Ghazna Khalid, a leading obstetrician in Pakistan's north-western Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province, described the situation outlined in the Unicef report as "abysmal", adding: "We don't need front-line medical doctors. We have plenty of them. We need skilled midwives."

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