Death Rate for Afghan Kids Drops
By
robert108
on November 4, 2007 at 04:07 pm
JASON STRAZIUSO
I blame Bush for saving those 90,000 Afghan children. With him, it really is "for the children"; with the Dems, it's just a political slogan.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Six years after the Taliban’s ouster, medical care in Afghanistan has improved such that nearly 90,000 children who would have died before age 5 in 2001 will survive this year, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday.
Saddled for years with one of the world’s worst records on child health, Afghanistan has seen access to health care rise dramatically since the U.S.-led invasion.
Thousands of health clinics have been built across the country, and the Afghan government and aid agencies have trained tens of thousands of doctors, vaccinators and health volunteers who now reach into some of the country’s most remote areas.
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I blame Bush for saving those 90,000 Afghan children. With him, it really is "for the children"; with the Dems, it's just a political slogan.
