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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea.A mother assist her son at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Munchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A doctor in a corridor of the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A doctor hold a new born baby at the Maternity Hospital.

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Munchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea. Surgery tools and gloves in the delivery room at the Maternity Hospital.

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Munchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea. Patients at the Maternity Hospital.

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Munchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A mural with a fat baby at the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A North Korean child at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Munchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea. Traditional korean medicines at the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A North Korean mother look at her newborn child in a room at the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A North Korean nurse at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A North Korean nurse at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. North Korean doctors at the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea.North Korea women after delivery in a room at the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea.North Korea women after delivery in a room at the Maternity Hospital.

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Munchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea. The delivery room at the Maternity Hospital.

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Munchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A nurse stand at the entrance of the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A mural depicting the Dear Leader Kim Jong-il and his father, the Great Leader Kim Il-Sung during a visit at the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A doctor at the maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A North Korean woman at the Pediatric Hospital is attending her sick child.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A North Korean child at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. Medicines sent at the Pediatric Hospital as part of the Italian Cooperation Emergency Program.

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Munchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea. Visitors at the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. The doctors room at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Munchon, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A doctor sit in the dispensary of the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A dark corridor of the Pediatric Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A mother assist her son at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. The reception area at the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A paramedic stands in a dark corridor at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A mother assist her son at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A North Korean child at the Pediatric Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. The delivery room at the Maternity Hospital.

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Wonsan, Kangwon Province, North Korea. A North Korean mother look at her newborn child in a room at the Maternity Hospital.

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NORTH KOREA - Maternity in North Korea

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In North Korea the child death rate is between 60 and 90 per thousand, ten times higher than in Europe. Hospitals have no heating during the winter and no cooling in summer, when the temperature reaches over 40 degrees celsius. Windows and doors can hardly be closed. Worse still, there are no medicines. After the devastating famine of the mid-nineties the population is chronically undernourished, and is an easy prey for any kind of disease. According to official figures, 17 percent of women giving birth weigh less than 45 kgs, a condition labeled dangerous by the World Health Organization. Independent sources claim the percentage could be three times higher. A situation much worse than in Sub-Saharian Africa.

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