Recent rounds on the infectious disease ward in Mir Wais Hospital,in Kandahar, Afghanistan, found a young farmhand recuperatingfrom meningitis sitting with the two friends who had accompaniedhim to the hospital. He had survived the disease, but only barely,and the episode had left him blind. In quiet tones, the mandiscussed with the medical staff whether his condition was permanent.In another room, a family of six was recovering from typhoidfever. The family members were fortunate that they had soughtcare early, because typhoid has a fatality rate of nearly 10percent in Kandahar. The most . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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From Médecins sans Frontières, New York (B.R.), Herat, Afghanistan (G.P.), and Kabul, Afghanistan (A.-S.C.).
