Ariana: Afghanistan is now faced with medicine shortage due to disrupted border crossings and limited operation of banks. Almost all medicine in Afghanistan is imported from neighboring countries, such as Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Iran and Turkey. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 22, 2021 The United Nations says it is releasing $45 million to help prevent Afghanistan’s battered health-care system, which the World Health Organization (WHO) said was “on the brink of collapse” following the Taliban’s takeover in mid-August. Afghanistan’s health-care system was plunged into deep crisis after the Taliban swept into
Ariana: World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that the Afghanistan health sector is on the verge of collapse but that the organization would help as much as it could. Ghebreyesus, who visited hospitals in Kabul this week, said it was heartbreaking to hear from overworked nurses that they have not
Tolo News: Several Afghan citizens on Saturday spoke to TOLO news with concerns over imports of low quality medicine to Afghanistan, saying that the low quality medicine threatens the lives of many patients. Shah Wali, a Badakhshan resident who brought his wife to Jamhouriat, a state-owned hospital, said: “We buy the medicine for 2,000 or
Tolo News: Officials at the Herat regional hospital said the hospital lacks medicine and medical equipment, and the shortage has resulted in many patients not receiving all the necessary healthcare. According to officials, the hospital receives about 1,500 patients a day, and more than 250 of these become inpatients. Click here to read more (external
Business Insider: The Afghan healthcare system is on the verge of collapse. To make matters worse, Afghanistan’s acting health minister has told Insider that roughly one-third of all COVID-19 tests carried out on September 7 were positive. The country – which is struggling to get COVID-19 PCR tests – is facing the potential of a
Ayaz Gul VOA News August 30, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The World Health Organization says an aircraft provided by Pakistan Monday delivered the first shipment of much-needed medicine and health supplies to Afghanistan since the country came under control of the Taliban. The humanitarian assistance was loaded in Dubai and flown directly to the northern Afghan
Lisa Schlein VOA News August 28, 2021 GENEVA – U.N. and private aid agencies say human rights violations have been surging in Afghanistan since Taliban militants seized control of the country. Aid agencies say Afghanistan is at a very dangerous point. They say an increasingly brutal conflict is worsening the already serious human rights violations
Lisa Schlein VOA News August 21, 2021 GENEVA – The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm about healthcare in Afghanistan, where conflict has left millions of people vulnerable to hunger and illnesses. About one-half of Afghanistan’s population, including more than four million women and nearly 10 million children, need humanitarian assistance. The World Health
Fox News: The World Health Organization (WHO) said it is “extremely concerned” over the “evolving security and humanitarian situation” in Afghanistan and called for health workers to be “respected and supported.” On Tuesday, a spokesperson told Reuters that WHO is also concerned about the spread of coronavirus in the region, and how the Taliban rise in power