Afghanistan News News Afghanistan » Health: Afghanistan health care system in crisis, supply shortage troubles hospitals
The diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out. So have supplies of dozens of essential drugs. The staff, unpaid for months, still shows up for work, but they are ...
News Afghanistan » Health: New COVID surge batters Afghanistan’s crumbling health care
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer COVID-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines and even heating ...
News Afghanistan » Health: Afghanistan's health care system on the brink of collapse
KABUL, Afghanistan — The diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out. So have supplies of dozens of essential drugs. The staff, unpaid for months, still shows up for work ...
News Afghanistan » Health: Cancer Care in Afghanistan: Perspectives on Health Services Under the Taliban Regime
In the wake of Afghanistan's change in leadership in 2021, a closer examination of the nation's health system reveals a persistent struggle for access to health care services. The recently updated ...
News Afghanistan » Health: Afghanistan's foremost OB-GYN says the country is in a maternal health crisis
Kabul — Dr. Najmussama Shefajo is probably Afghanistan's best known and most experienced OB-GYN. She became a household name from her regular appearances on Afghan television, where she talked openly ...
News Afghanistan » Health: Something insidious is happening to the health of Afghanistan’s women
In April 2021, Anita was lying on a stained bed in the women’s room of the psychiatric ward in Herat Regional Hospital, a government-run facility in western Afghanistan. Stiff and covered in sweat, ...