Dr Claire Fotheringham

Twins are not uncommon in Khost but are often born with low birth weight, necessitating care in the newborn unit before they can be discharged from Khost maternity hospital.

Dr Severine Caluwaerts, MSF obstetrician-gynaecologist and OCB Women’s Health Advisor, talking with a mother and her daughter, a patient in Khost maternity hospital

Dr Severine Caluwaerts, MSF obstetrician-gynaecologist and OCB Women’s Health Advisor, talking with a mother and her daughter, a patient in Khost maternity hospital

Dr Rasha Khoury conducts a Caesarean section in Khost maternity hospital. Medecins Sans Frontieres is focusing on managing complicated deliveries

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Aqila is Midwife Supervisor in Dasht-e-Barchi hospital, Kabul.

Khost maternity hospital

Dr Severine Caluwaerts, MSF obstetrician-gynaecologist and OCB Women’s Health Advisor, talking with a mother and her daughter, a patient in Khost maternity hospital

A mother visiting her daughter, slowly recovering from a post-partum haemorrhage after giving birth at home five days ago, in MSF’s Khost maternity hospital in Khost Province

A mother visiting her daughter, slowly recovering from a post-partum haemorrhage after giving birth at home five days before, in MSF’s Khost maternity hospital in Khost Province

Dr Najia Waziry, right, is an Afghan obstetrician-gynaecologist working with MSF in Ahmad Shah Baba hospital in Kabul. She checks on a new mother in the post-delivery ward.

Women waiting for post-natal and family planning consultations in Ahmad Shah Baba hospital, Kabul

Women waiting for post-natal and family planning consultations in Ahmad Shah Baba hospital, Kabul

Delivery room in MSF in Khost maternity hospital

Health promotion in Gurbuz health centre, Khost province

Health promotion in Gurbuz health centre, Khost province

2017