Afghan Health Care Faces Collapse Amid Economic Crisis

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The Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security hosted an expert discussion on solutions for addressing the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan on January 20, 2021. More than

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“Afghanistan’s intensifying hunger and health crisis is urgent and at its root a banking crisis,” said John Sifton, Asia advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. “Regardless

Human Rights Watch interviewed Afghan and foreign aid officials, healthcare workers, and people seeking health care in 16 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces between February

As the abrupt cutoff of foreign funding since the Taliban takeover threatens economic collapse in Afghanistan, risking the lives of many of its citizens along with their livelihoods, a United

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Afghanistan: Aid Cutbacks, Taliban Abuses Imperil Health
Preventing collapse of the Afghan health service

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) expressed concerns over the Afghan crisis and warned that over 90 percent of the Afghan health care centers are on verge of collapse.

Afghanistan’s healthcare system is at risk of collapse, two major aid agencies told Reuters, after foreign donors stopped providing aid following the Taliban takeover.

Amid the humanitarian and economic crisis in Afghanistan, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan’s Reconstruction (SIGAR), said that this year the annual per capita

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Afghanistan’s health system is on the brink of collapse, the head of the World Health Organisation, WHO, warned on Wednesday. The development came as the United

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The diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out. So have supplies of dozens of essential

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Donors’ decisions to reduce humanitarian aid have further weakened health care access, destabilized the economy, and worsened food insecurity. The Taliban’s abusive

Afghanistan stands at a critical juncture, where the large-scale return of refugees could either plunge the country deeper into crisis or contribute to a path of renewal and

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Kabul: Ninety per cent of Afghanistan’s healthcare centres are on the verge of collapse, which in turn is „depriving millions of basic care, threatening

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Since mid-2021, more than 124 000 civilians have been evacuated from Afghanistan, including many health-care providers, 17 further hindering the provision of health

Afghanistan’s health-care system is „on the brink of collapse“ as a lack of funding left thousands of health facilities struggling to buy medical supplies and pay their staff, the

Afghanistan’s economic crisis is widespread, with more than half of households experiencing an economic shock in the last six months. The economy immediately went into

urban crises, the refugees in Pakistan ﬂow mainly to the urban areas, which further fuels the eco-nomic crises through contributing to an informal economy and thereby reducing economic

Pakistan’s economic crisis served as the biggest crisis since its independence. [6] [7] As of 2025, the Pakistani economy is showing signs of gradual macroeconomic recovery. On 1 March

‚90% of Afghan healthcare centres on verge of collapse‘

Large parts of Afghanistan’s health system are on the brink of collapse because of western sanctions against the Taliban, international experts have warned, as the country faces

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Afghanistan’s political crisis in August, 2021 triggered economic turmoil and a humanitarian emergency. Widespread hunger threatens the lives of children. 1 Media stories relay the dire

According to the UN, denying women economic rights will cost Afghanistan up to $1 billion, something the country will find it difficult to recover based on the current economic

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health solicited extensive community consultation to develop pictorial community-based growth monitoring and promotion (cGMP) tools to help

Generations have never known peace. Millions of people in Afghanistan are experiencing misery and hunger amid decades of conflict, economic collapse, drought, and freezing wintertime

At the same time, Afghanistan’s deepening economic and humanitarian crises are already massively detrimental to Afghans’ basic rights – to food, to health care, and

After decades of instability, exacerbated by severe drought and natural disasters, Afghanistan is currently facing a prolonged humanitarian crisis, with millions of people living with poor or no access to health and food, putting

The United Nations has sounded the alarm over a hunger crisis, with 22 percent of Afghanistan’s 38 million people near famine and another 36 percent facing acute food

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