An estimated 40,000 women have given birth in the past three months in flood-affected regions of Pakistan. That includes those living in temporary shelters or camps for displaced people. The World’s Carolyn Beeler spoke to one new mother who gave birth to her sixth child in a tent, with the help of a neighbor.
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