The Complexe Hospitalier Universitaire Pédiatrique de Bangui is the only pediatric hospital in the Central African Republic. Children from all over the country receive treatment there. Many arrive in serious or even desperate condition. The role of the CHUPB is crucial in combating infant and child mortality affecting the Central African Republic. At the start of the civil war, which broke out in 2013, only two paediatricians and two paediatric surgeons were working in the Complexe Pédiatrique (CPB), the only paediatric hospital in the country, where 50% of the population are under-18. Even today, the lack of qualified personnel represents one of the biggest gaps in the national health system:
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