Declining healthcare
Mother and daughter: Lizketseng Lesaoana, 25, half an hour after delivering a baby girl at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho. They lie on a plastic sheet that is cleaned with a damp cloth between births.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
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