Drugs Funded The Taliban Insurgency, But Money For Afghan Rehab Centers Has Dried Up
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Taliban Forcibly Bring Drug Addicts to Clinics
8am: The Taliban are collecting drug addicts from across the city, and they are taking them by force to the health centers. “We are not in democracy anymore, it’s a dictatorship, and using force is the only way to treat them,” Associated Press narrated from a doctor. Click here to read more (external link).
WHO Delivers 200 Tons of Medical Supplies to Afghanistan
8am: The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that it has provided Afghanistan with at least 186 metric tons of medical supplies in the last two months. The aid will be delivered to 2.5 million citizens of Afghanistan, the WHO reported. Click here to read more (external link). Other Health News World Mental Health Day:
Four Died amid Dengue Fever Outbreak in Nangarhar
Tolo News: At least four people have died of dengue fever amidst the outbreak of the viral disease in the province where officials said 26 people have been infected with the virus in the last two weeks. Officials said that the cases have been reported in remote districts of the province that share a border
COVID testing and vaccinations drop across Afghanistan
Ariana: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday that since August there has been a drop in COVID-19 testing and vaccinations and that around 1.6 million doses of vaccine could expire if not used quickly. To address this, WHO and partners are boosting testing and supporting the rollout of a vaccination campaign in 16 provinces,
Provincial Health Centers Closed, Kabul Hospitals Crowded
Tolo News: Officials at the state-owned hospitals said the citizens’ access to health care has significantly declined across the country, so people mostly travel to the capital for medical treatment. According to officials, the number of patients coming to Kabul’s hospitals has increased after healthcare centers faced challenges in some provinces. Click here to read
Most Afghan prisoners are drug addicts swept up from the streets
New York Post: Ten percent of the approximately 700-person prison population are considered to be convicted or accused criminals – murderers, thieves, drug dealers and traitors. The rest are drug addicts who have been swept from the streets in the weeks since the Taliban came to power in mid-August. Click here to read more (external
1.8 million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines Remain Unused in Afghanistan
8am: With the rise of the Taliban, the operations of government departments, including the Ministry of Public Health, were disrupted. Before the fall of Kabul, the ministry provided information on the latest details of the Covid-19 on a daily basis, giving the necessary instructions to the people to prevent the outbreak. For more than a
Afghanistan faces severe medicine shortage amid Forex restrictions
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).
UN Frees Emergency Funds To Prevent Afghan Health System ‘Collapse’
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