KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - 01NOV03 - Dr. Nasima Kuchi, who has been a midwife for 30 years, listens to a 7-month-old fetus' heartbeat with a primitive instrument. She makes home visits to pregnant women and newborn babies. Afghanistan has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world, but through programs sponsored by NGO's like UNICEF, midwives are being trained in new methods to help alleviate the problems. DIGITAL PHOTO BY Melanie Stetson Freeman / THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR.
