NPR News·4 min read·medium
Why is the rate of premature births so high in this community?
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Diaa Hadid
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A community in Rehri Goth, Pakistan, faces a crisis of high premature birth rates and infant mortality due to systemic poverty and lack of healthcare access. The story highlights the tragic reality of families struggling to find medical support for preterm infants in low-income regions.
REHRI GOTH, Pakistan –- The wind whips up sewage dried to a powder that's been dumped for years onto an arid riverbed near the fishing settlement of Rehri Goth, on the outskirts of the Pakistani port city of Karachi. In an alley, a man squats over a pile of trash. He fishes out a battered peach and eats it.
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