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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/healthNews?a=YlIhBi"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~a/reuters/healthNews?i=YlIhBi" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=F0Q8AK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=F0Q8AK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=0ryDXk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=0ryDXk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?a=T2acbk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/healthNews?i=T2acbk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/healthNews/~4/378763537" height="1" width="1"/>