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Afghan child mortality linked to uneducated mothers

HONG KONG (Reuters) - High child mortality rates in conservative Afghanistan are linked not just to war but to mothers being uneducated and having little or no say when their children need medical help, a study has found. <p><a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/worldNews?a=Rht2XZ"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/worldNews?i=Rht2XZ" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?a=MOx5mK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?i=MOx5mK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?a=SfLrbk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?i=SfLrbk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?a=RiJM8k"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/worldNews?i=RiJM8k" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldNews/~4/378761897" height="1" width="1"/>