Labels:text | font | screenshot | document OCR: The health service has collapsed completely and almost all medical professionals have left the country. Infant and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world, and life expectancy the lowest, at 42 years. Parasitic diseases and infections are a particular problem. The UN has organized a well-water chlorination program, following an outbreak of cholera in Kabul. The admission of women to hospitals is strongly discouraged under increasingly prevalent Islamic laws of modesty.
