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Afghanistan's health system under the Taliban: key challenges

(3 days ago) WebBefore the Taliban takeover on Aug 15, 2021, Afghanistan had made considerable progress over two decades in increasing the coverage of health services and improving some health indicators. Article 52 of the 2004 Afghanistan constitution states …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01806-2/fulltext

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How Will We Protect Afghans’ Health Under the Taliban?

(6 days ago) WebAfter 20 years of health care gains, Afghanistan is already seeing a backslide. Access to health care services, such as antenatal care and delivering in health care facilities, had gone up from about 12% in the early 2000s to about 40% in 2015. Obviously rates of mortality and undernutrition were still poor, but the country had made

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/how-will-we-protect-afghans-health-under-the-taliban

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Afghanistan's health system suffers critical underfunding, calls for

(3 days ago) WebHe said, "The situation in Afghanistan is critical, and it demands urgent attention. For a country already affected by decades of conflict, underfunding of the healthcare system is a critical humanitarian concern. The consequences of this underfunding cannot be overstated. I want to thank our current partners who have …

https://www.who.int/news/item/18-08-2023-afghanistan-s-health-system-suffers-critical-underfunding--calls-for-donor-support

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Acute health needs in Afghanistan must be urgently addressed …

(8 days ago) WebWith access to all communities no longer impeded, WHO and partners are ready to begin a country-wide house-to-house polio vaccination campaign and include measles and COVID vaccination in an integrated campaign. WHO particularly emphasizes the need for women to maintain access to education, health care, and to the health …

https://www.who.int/news/item/22-09-2021-acute-health-needs-in-afghanistan-must-be-urgently-addressed-and-health-gains-protected

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WHO calls for greater investment in Afghanistan’s health system

(4 days ago) WebThe World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday appealed for donors to ramp up funding to provide healthcare to some 14 million people in Afghanistan, particularly in underserved areas where infrastructure is severely lacking. Afghanistan continues to face a humanitarian crisis brought on by decades of instability, exacerbated …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/08/1139877

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Health Care in Afghanistan Is Crumbling, Aid Groups Warn

(3 days ago) WebSept. 12, 2021. The health care system in Afghanistan is teetering on the edge of collapse, endangering the lives of millions and compounding a deepening humanitarian crisis, public health experts

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/12/health/afghanistan-health-taliban.html

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Afghanistan’s healthcare system on brink of collapse, as hunger …

(4 days ago) WebAmid concerns over women’s rights in the country following the appointment of an exclusively male Taliban interim cabinet earlier this month, Tedros insisted that women needed access to education, health care, and to the health workforce. “With fewer health facilities operational and less female health workers reporting to work, female patients …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/09/1100652

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Global health responsibilities in a Taliban-led Afghanistan

(Just Now) WebBy 2018, access to health care within a two-hour radius expanded to 87% of the population 4. Correspondingly, the maternal mortality rate decreased to 638 deaths per 100,000 women in 2017, and

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01547-8

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Persistent barriers to access healthcare in Afghanistan: …

(Just Now) WebA new report from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Persistent barriers to accessing healthcare in Afghanistan: The ripple effects of a protracted crisis and a staggering economic situation,

https://www.msf.org/persistent-barriers-access-healthcare-afghanistan-msf-report

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Afghanistan Health Sector Fact Sheet Afghanistan Fact Sheet

(3 days ago) WebAfghanistan’s health, water, and sanitation sectors are increasingly fragile, with Afghan women and girls facing disproportionately limited access to these services. Our health assistance includes support for maternal and child health, reproductive health, tuberculosis, COVID-19 prevention and response, procurement of essential healthcare

https://www.usaid.gov/afghanistan/fact-sheet/mar-24-2023-afghanistan-health-sector-fact-sheet

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What’s the Status of Healthcare for Women in Afghanistan Under …

(6 days ago) WebBefore the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, many women and girls were already struggling to receive adequate healthcare. A May 2021 Human Rights Watch report found that, after

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/healthcare-women-afghanistan-under-taliban/

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“A Disaster for the Foreseeable Future”: Afghanistan’s Healthcare

(6 days ago) WebThe 38-page report, “‘A Disaster for the Foreseeable Future’: Afghanistan’s Healthcare Crisis,” describes how the collapse of Afghanistan’s economy after the Taliban takeover in August

https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/02/12/disaster-foreseeable-future/afghanistans-healthcare-crisis

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Access to care in Afghanistan after august 2021: a cross-sectional

(9 days ago) WebAccess to basic rights, including healthcare and education, is still a major concern in the country, particularly for some vulnerable populations. After August 2021, ethnic minorities have increasingly been the target of acts of violence and faced discrimination in accessing basic care, especially in the Panjshir province, where …

https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-024-00594-5

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“I Would Like Four Kids — If We Stay Alive”: Women’s Access to …

(Just Now) Web(New York, May 6, 2021) – Falling donor support for essential services in Afghanistan is reducing women’s access to essential health care, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today

https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/05/06/i-would-four-kids-if-we-stay-alive/womens-access-health-care-afghanistan

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Afghanistan crisis: Facts, FAQs, and how to help World Vision

(1 days ago) WebMalnutrition is a growing concern in Afghanistan because of lack of access to food, poor childcare and feeding practices, and illness. (©2019 World Vision) About 180,230 people received primary healthcare services, including more than 64,500 children under 5 who were screened for malnutrition.

https://www.worldvision.org/disaster-relief-news-stories/afghanistan-crisis-facts

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Crisis in Afghanistan: What you need to know and how to help

(1 days ago) WebThe IRC first began working in Afghanistan in 1988 and has since expanded to deliver services in thousands of villages across 12 provinces. Since August 2021, the IRC has significantly improved Afghanistan’s health care landscape by enhancing the capacity of nine static health facilities and establishing 35 mobile health teams.

https://www.rescue.org/article/crisis-afghanistan-what-you-need-know-and-how-help

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PERSISTENT BARRIERS TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE IN …

(4 days ago) WebThe Ongoing Struggle to Access Healthcare in Afghanistan (February 2014); Reality Check. Afghanistan’s Neglected Healthcare Crisis (March 2020); The Continued Struggle to Access Medical Care in Afghanistan (May 2021). As such, the main obstacle to accessing healthcare is still the cost, according to 87.5 percent of our survey-

https://msfsouthasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Report_Persistent-Barriers-to-Access-Healthcare-in-Afghanistan_FINAL.pdf

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Girls’ education and the future of healthcare in Afghanistan

(Just Now) WebHealthcare in Afghanistan is already in crisis. Banning girls and women from education will only make this worse, write Ahmad Neyazi and colleagues On 15 August 2021, after the US government’s decision to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban invaded Kabul and took control of the country. Under Taliban control, …

https://www.bmj.com/content/380/bmj.p561

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WHO EMRO On visit to Afghanistan, WHO Regional Director …

(6 days ago) WebIn Afghanistan, Dr Balkhy met with the de facto authorities and health partners in Kabul to discuss critical health issues, focusing on promoting equitable access to health care; empowering girls and women; expanding health workforce education; addressing substance use disorders; and eradicating polio.

https://www.emro.who.int/media/news/who-regional-director-concludes-visit-to-afghanistan-emphasizes-support-for-health-priorities-and-inter-country-collaboration.html

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Health UNICEF Afghanistan

(1 days ago) WebYet, Afghanistan remains one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a baby, a child or a mother, and access to a hospital or health facility is beyond the reach of most. The country has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world and thousands of Afghan women die every year from pregnancy-related causes, a majority of which

https://www.unicef.org/afghanistan/health

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“It brings me hope”: The impact of universal health coverage for …

(6 days ago) WebZahra is one of them; she left Afghanistan in 1979 for the Islamic Republic of Iran, which for more than four decades has hosted one of the largest refugee populations in the world. For the last ten years, an Iranian universal health insurance programme has been expanded to enable refugees to also access health care, for free or at a

https://www.unfpa.org/news/%E2%80%9Cit-brings-me-hope%E2%80%9D-impact-universal-health-coverage-afghan-refugees-iran

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Healthcare collapse in Afghanistan due to political crises, natural

(3 days ago) WebBrain drain, ie, the migration to another country in the pursuit of a better quality of life, has been a concerning issue in Afghanistan for almost two decades of conflicts. There are only 9.4 health care employees per 10 000 patients in Afghanistan, compared to 22.8 workers as the World Health Organization recommends . The massive …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9830451/

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More refugees entering OECD countries on work, study and family …

(4 days ago) WebGENEVA – A new report shows that the number of study, work, family reunification and sponsorship permits granted by OECD countries to refugees continues to rise.. The latest report issued this week by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), titled “Safe …

https://www.unhcr.org/news/announcements/more-refugees-entering-oecd-countries-work-study-and-family-reunification

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Afghanistan: Country Security Manager – Kabul - ReliefWeb

(6 days ago) WebAfghanistan. Attacks on Health Care in Afghanistan (January - March 2024) Posted 25 Apr 2024 Originally published 24 Apr 2024. Afghanistan. Afghanistan: Humanitarian Access Snapshot (March

https://reliefweb.int/job/4062242/afghanistan-country-security-manager-kabul

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Regional Coordinator - Access to Products for Health

(2 days ago) WebAccess to Products for Healthcare (APH) refers to the accessibility, availability, affordability, appropriateness and quality of products for health for the populations MSF assists and their communities. Building on its successes in improving APH during the past 20 years, MSF is undertaking a step change in how it organises its work in this area.

https://msf.recruitee.com/o/regional-coordinator-access-to-products-for-healthcare

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Youngkin vetoes Virginia contraception accessibility act The Hill

(3 days ago) WebVirginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed a slew of bills Friday, including one focused on protecting access to contraceptives. “While I look forward to working with the General Assembly to see if

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4671685-glenn-youngkin-vetoes-contraceptive-rights-bill-virginia/

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Georgia unemployment rate stays flat despite April job surge

(7 days ago) WebThe most over-the-year job gains were posted in the health care and social assistance sector, which was up by 25,100 jobs; local government, with job gains of 13,500; and the accommodation and

https://www.macon.com/news/business/article288523382.html

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Pritzker wants to improve access to mental health care in IL

(1 days ago) WebGov. J. B. Pritzker pledges to expand access to mental health care in Illinois By DILPREET RAJU Capitol News Illinois May 18, 2024 7:00 AM

https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article288553646.html

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Afghanistan: Flash floods cause mass casualties, widespread - MSN

(8 days ago) WebVarious of flood-affected people Kabul, Afghanistan - May 11-12, 2024 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 5. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Janan Sayeq, spokesperson, Ministry of Disaster Management: "We've

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/afghanistan-flash-floods-cause-mass-casualties-widespread-devastation/vi-BB1mjLfd

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Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network

(6 days ago) WebA cyberattack has disrupted “clinical operations” at major health care nonprofit Ascension, forcing it to take steps to minimize any impact to patient care, an Ascension spokesperson told CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/08/tech/cyberattack-disrupts-healthcare-network/index.html

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Americans split on abortion pill restrictions ahead of Supreme …

(2 days ago) WebAmericans are split on whether women should be required to have an in-person visit with a doctor before receiving abortion pills ahead of the Supreme Court ruling that will determine access to mife…

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4670738-americans-split-on-abortion-pill-restrictions-ahead-of-supreme-court-ruling/

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Death toll from Afghanistan flash floods rises to 315 with over …

(Just Now) WebMaintaining access to safe water, health and protection services is paramount, Unicef says Afghanistan, despite accounting for only 0.06 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, ranks

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/afghanistan-flood-death-toll-taliban-b2543673.html

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Q&A: What To Know as New TRICARE Contracts Begin in 2025

(7 days ago) WebThe new contracts will improve health care delivery, quality, and access for beneficiaries living in the United States. The Defense Health Agency (DHA) and the two regional contractors in the East Region and West Region are currently transitioning to these new contracts to ensure health care delivery is ready for all beneficiaries on Jan. 1, 2025.

https://newsroom.tricare.mil/News/TRICARE-News/Article/3776346/qa-what-to-know-as-new-tricare-contracts-begin-in-2025

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The Possible Collapse of the U.S. Home Insurance System

(6 days ago) WebFor more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available for news subscribers. transcript This transcript was created using speech recognition software

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/podcasts/the-daily/climate-insurance.html

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Governor Ivey Goes to Demopolis to Ceremonially Sign House Bill …

(9 days ago) WebDEMOPOLIS – Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday traveled to Demopolis to ceremonially sign House Bill 163, establishing the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences.Joining the governor in the standing-room-only, packed room was Demopolis Mayor Woody Collins, Rob Pearson with the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences …

https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2024/05/governor-ivey-goes-to-demopolis-to-ceremonially-sign-house-bill-163-establishing-the-alabama-school-of-healthcare-sciences/

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