title: Infant mortality in central Asia: sad statistics come to life.
abstract: The 2010 Afghanistan Mortality Survey estimates that for every 1000 births, 73 infants and 3 to 5 women die. In this articles a nurse relays the very personal story of a young mother losing her infant in childbirth in Afghanistan and makes suffestions for how nurses can get involved in improving women's health in developing countries.
authors.forename: Melisa R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Meyers
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000346:Afghanistan / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D008921:Religious Missions; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D016746:Transcultural Nursing