Rabia (22 images)

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16 year old Rabia is having her first baby.
Due to complications and obstructed labor she couldn't give birth naturally and had to undergo a caesarean section.

The conditions of public hospitals in rural Paksitan are poor and decent hygienic facilities are lacking.
Being illiterate and poor, this necessary surgery wouldn't have been possible for Rabia in normal circumstances. Not able to afford the care in a private hospital she would have had the delivery at home...
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