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Afghanistan became a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) on April 19, 1948. [18] It has an estimated population of around 40 million people. [12] Of this, approximately 35 million are in the country while the remaining 5 million or so reside in Iran, Pakistan and elsewhere around the world.
Things took a turn in late 2001 when the United Nations decided to rebuild Afghanistan and resolve its political issues. In 2003, there were 11 physicians and 18 nurses per 100,000 population, and the per capita health expenditure was $28 US dollars. The nation had one medical facility for every 27,000 people in 2004, and some centers were ...
The diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out. This is the plight at the Afghan-Japan Hospital for communicable diseases, the only COVID-19 facility for the more ...
Following the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan the Ministry of Health, along with the World Health Organization and other technical partners and donors reconstructed the health sector. At the time, at least 70% [5] of the Afghan population was dependent on health services provided by the international community. Almost six million Afghans had no or ...
The U.N.’s most powerful body must support governments seeking to legally declare the intensifying crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid,” the head ...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is likely to end the financial running of 25 Afghan hospitals by the end of August due to funding constraints, a spokesperson told Reuters, amid ...
The effects of this situation are far reaching and affect people in a wide range of ailments. Following is a list of health problems contributing to high infant mortality, death, and lower standard of living in the Aral Sea area: diarrheal diseases; vaccine preventable diseases such as tuberculosis; nutritional deficiencies
Sima Bahous said a response is needed to the Taliban’s “systemic and planned assault on women’s rights."