Afghanistan News News Afghanistan » Health: WHO Warns Closure of 150 Health Centres Threatens Healthcare and Polio Eradication in Afghanistan
WHO says more than 150 health centres have closed across Afghanistan due to funding shortages, threatening healthcare access.
News Afghanistan » Health: Afghanistan's Health-Care System In 'Free Fall' As Punishing Winter Looms
A punishing winter looms for many Afghans who are already dealing with the effects of a devastating humanitarian crisis and an economic crunch brought on by the Taliban takeover, the withdrawal of ...
News Afghanistan » Health: UNICEF Warns 3.7 Million Afghan Children at Malnutrition Risk
UNICEF says 3.7 million children in Afghanistan are at heightened risk of malnutrition in 2026, urging urgent humanitarian aid and nutrition support.
News Afghanistan » Health: Operating without women: Taliban’s mixed-gender ban for surgical teams worsens Afghanistan health crisis
New Delhi: The Taliban has banned mixed-gender surgical teams in Afghanistan’s operating rooms, a decree that international organisations warn could prove fatal in a country where women already ...
News Afghanistan » Health: Afghanistan cricket legend hospitalized, battles critical health crisis at 38
Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran is facing an extremely challenging period in his life. The 38-year-old cricket star has been hospitalized due to serious health issues. Shapoor Zadran, ...
News Afghanistan » Health: Crisis in Afghanistan: Unprecedented hunger after the conflict
Afghanistan rises to the top of Watchlist as the population increasingly cannot meet basic needs and the economy and public services collapse, despite the end of major conflict. Here's what you need ...
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, ...
News Afghanistan » Health: COVID in Afghanistan: low vaccine coverage and a crumbling health system could trigger a humanitarian crisis
The pandemic has had a big impact on Afghanistan. There have been 177,000 confirmed COVID cases and 7,600 deaths up to March 28 2022, though this is probably a significant under-count. Modelling by ...