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Mothers and newly born babies are seen on mattresses in a room of Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa
27 Jun 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Mothers and newly born babies are seen on mattresses in a room of Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa June 26, 2008. Health authorities in Honduras say the infant mortality rate is 10.1 per 1,000 births and the maternal mortality rate is 2.24 per 1,000 births. Hospital Escuela, the main centre of public health of the country, delivered 17,000 babies in 2007. The cost of having a baby delivered at the hospital is $10. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido (HONDURAS)
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