At first, he would advise women to use contraception, but gradually he came to realize that the death rate among children is exceedingly high in this war-torn country: the greatest risks for infants during their first year are malnutrition and pneumonia, and up to age five, malaria, which is as widespread as the common cold, often claims these fragile lives within two or three days.
初始，他會規勸婦女避孕，但慢慢的，他開始理解，在這個兵荒馬亂的國家，孩童死亡率實在太高：周歲以前最怕營養不良或肺炎，而直到 5 歲，像感冒一樣普遍的瘧疾，往往在兩、三天內就會奪走一條脆弱的小生命。