ReliefWeb: “I examined the mother, only to find out that she had carried her dead fetus for weeks,” said Alia Ayar, a UNFPA midwife providing obstetric emergency care in times of humanitarian crises around Afghanistan. “She suffered severe pains and fever and couldn’t do the chores around the house, until the family (finally) decided to allow her to see a health service provider.” Click here to read more (external link).