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Women’s clinic in South Sudan a casualty of distracted world

Expectant mothers wait to see a doctor at the Mingkaman Reproductive Health Clinic in the village of Mingkaman, Awerial County, in the Lakes State of South Sudan Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. In a country with one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates, the small clinic dedicated to reproductive health care for more than 200,000 people is about to be shut down - just one casualty among many in developing countries as humanitarian donors are stretched by one crisis after another. (AP Photo/Deng Machol) Nurses attend to expectant mothers at the Mingkaman Reproductive Health Clinic in the village of Mingkaman, Awerial County, in the Lakes State of South Sudan Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. In a country with one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates, the small clinic dedicated to reproductive health care for more than 200,000 people is about to be shut down - just one casualty among many in developing countries as humanitarian donors are stretched by one crisis after another. (AP Photo/Deng Machol) Expectant mothers sit on the floor as they wait to attend a monthly checkup at the Mingkaman Reproductive Health Clinic in the village of Mingkaman, Awerial County, in the Lakes State of South Sudan Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. In a country with one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates, the small clinic dedicated to reproductive health care for more than 200,000 people is about to be shut down - just one casualty among many in developing countries as humanitarian donors are stretched by one crisis after another. (AP Photo/Deng Machol)