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Pregnant women struggle to find care after Pakistan’s floods

FILE - A pregnant woman lies in her hospital bed for treatment after fleeing her flood-hit home, in Larkana District, of Sindh, Pakistan, Sept. 8, 2022. Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan’s unprecedented flooding, which inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes. The UN says around 130,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas require urgent healthcare and more than 2,000 are giving birth every day, most in unsafe conditions. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File) FILE - A pregnant woman is carried to the hospital for treatment after her floods hit her home, in theShikarpur district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Sep. 1, 2022. Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan’s unprecedented flooding, which inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes. The UN says around 130,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas require urgent healthcare and more than 2,000 are giving birth every day, most in unsafe conditions. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File) FILE - A pregnant woman lies in a hospital bed after her home was hit by floods, in Shikarpur district of Sindh Province, of Pakistan, Sep. 1, 2022. Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan's unprecedented flooding, which inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes. Pakistan, the world's fifth most populous nation, has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Asia, and experts fear there will be an increase in child marriage, infant mortality, and unwanted pregnancies because of the flooding. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File) A nurse checks the blood pressure of Shakeela Bibi who is pregnant, in a clinic setup in a tent at a relief camp for flood victims, in Fazilpur near Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 24, 2022. Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan's unprecedented flooding, which inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes. The UN says around 130,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas require urgent healthcare and more than 2,000 are giving birth every day, most in unsafe conditions. (AP Photo/Shazia Bhatti) Pregnant women wait their turn for a checkup at a clinic setup in a tent at a relief camp for flood victims, in Fazilpur near Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 24, 2022. Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan's unprecedented flooding, which inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes. The UN says around 130,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas require urgent healthcare and more than 2,000 are giving birth every day, most in unsafe conditions. (AP Photo/Shazia Bhatti) Shakeela Bibi who is pregnant stands beside her tent at a relief camp for flood victims, in Fazilpur near Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 23, 2022. Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan's unprecedented flooding, which inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes. The UN says around 130,000 pregnant women in flood-hit areas require urgent healthcare and more than 2,000 are giving birth every day, most in unsafe conditions. (AP Photo/Shazia Bhatti) Women and children walk back to their tents after going to a medical clinic at a relief camp for flood victims, in Fazilpur near Multan, Pakistan, Sept. 23, 2022. Pregnant women are struggling to get care after Pakistan's unprecedented flooding, which inundated a third of the country at its height and drove millions from their homes. Pakistan, the world's fifth most populous nation, has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Asia, and experts fear there will be an increase in child marriage, infant mortality, and unwanted pregnancies because of the flooding. (AP Photo/Shazia Bhatti)