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Afghanistan's health system under the Taliban: key …

(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. …

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

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Afghanistan: Rapid decline in public health conditions, WHO warns

(4 days ago) Web29 September 2021 Health. Healthcare provision is deteriorating fast in Afghanistan, the UN health agency warned on Wednesday, with cases of measles and diarrhoea …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/09/1101742

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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, …

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

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Afghanistan’s Health Care System Is Collapsing Under …

(2 days ago) WebKABUL, Afghanistan — Amena, 7 months old, lay silently in her hospital crib amid the mewling of desperately ill infants in the malnutrition ward. Her mother, Balqisa, had brought the child to

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/06/world/asia/afghanistans-health-care-system.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 …

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

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Afghanistan's health crisis deepens under the Taliban

(3 days ago) WebBut food is not the only concern; Afghans have also lost access to water, shelter, and health care. In August, 2021, the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan again, plunging the country into …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)00609-2/fulltext

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Healthcare collapse in Afghanistan due to political crises, natural

(3 days ago) WebThere are only 9.4 health care employees per 10 000 patients in Afghanistan, compared to 22.8 workers as the World Health Organization recommends …

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

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Afghan Health Minister: Health Care Is 'On The Verge Of Collapse'

(4 days ago) WebThe COVID situation is daunting: over 150,000 cases and 7,000 deaths so far. The overall health-care picture is critical as well. To prevent the Taliban from gaining …

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/09/18/1038068777/afghan-health-minister-health-care-is-on-the-verge-of-collapse-but-im-optimistic

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Afghanistan's health system is under duress, but has not collapsed

(3 days ago) WebAfghanistan's political crisis in August, 2021 triggered economic turmoil and a humanitarian emergency. Widespread hunger threatens the lives of children.1 Media …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00132-0/fulltext

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Health UNICEF Afghanistan

(1 days ago) WebUnder the leadership of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health, UNICEF works with partners to improve services and ensure quality reproductive maternal newborn child and …

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

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How Will We Protect Afghans’ Health Under the Taliban?

(6 days ago) WebI studied maternal and child health and nutrition in Afghanistan and the progress the country had made since the first Taliban government ousting in 2001. When …

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

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Afghanistan: Food insecurity and malnutrition threaten ‘an entire

(4 days ago) Web15 March 2022 Humanitarian Aid. People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of “unparalleled proportions”, the UN Resident and Humanitarian …

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/03/1113982

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Afghanistan - World Health Organization (WHO)

(4 days ago) WebThe Programme Budget 2020-2021 broke all-time records in terms of programme budget funding and implementation. US$ 2 billion (34%) more funded than in 2018–2019 and …

https://www.who.int/about/accountability/results/who-results-report-2020-2021/2021/afghanistan

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

(6 days ago) Web[1] After 2001, aid and other spending by foreign countries “became Afghanistan’s main sources of income, providing the bulk of its GDP and government …

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

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Respiratory health and critical care concerns in Afghanistan

(3 days ago) WebAfghanistan is currently battling its worst humanitarian crisis after the Taliban takeover on Aug 15, 2021, compounded by several public health challenges, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8887906/

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Health in Afghanistan situation analysis - ReliefWeb

(8 days ago) WebMore than 60% of all childhood deaths and disabilities in Afghanistan are due to respiratory infections, diarrhea, and vaccine preventable deaths, especially …

https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/health-afghanistan-situation-analysis

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Infectious diseases in Afghanistan: Strategies for health system

(4 days ago) WebThe Afghanistan's National Health Policy (2015–2020) comprises Governance, institutional development, public health, health services, and human …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10728369/

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Exploring barriers to access to care following the 2021 socio …

(9 days ago) WebFollowing the change of government in August 2021, the social and economic landscape of Afghanistan deteriorated into an economic and humanitarian …

https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-024-00595-4

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Health in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

(1 days ago) WebHealth in Afghanistan remains poor but steadily improving. It has been negatively affected by the nation's environmental issues and the decades of war since 1978. The Ministry of …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_in_Afghanistan

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World Report 2023: Afghanistan Human Rights Watch

(6 days ago) WebPersistent malnutrition has caused increased starvation deaths and longer-term health problems in children. Multiple causes underpin the economic crisis. In 2022, most donor …

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2023/country-chapters/afghanistan

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