A Troubled Beginning
Photograph by Karen Kasmauski
Just minutes old, a baby in Bangladesh faces an uncertain future. With a low birth weight by international standards—less than 2,500 grams, or about five and a half pounds (2.5 kilograms)— this baby is much more likely to get sick and to succumb to disease than a newborn of normal size. More than 50 percent of babies in Bangladesh start out underweight.
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É estranho vê-lo assim recém-nascido e pensar nas hipóteses que tem (ou não tem) de sobreviver. Espero que a Reportagem da National Geographic tenha contribuído para o salvar.
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