Country and Region: Afghanistan

Jawahira was referred to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) tuberculosis (TB) hospital in Kandahar earlier this year from a clinic in Daikundi, central Afghanistan. “I used to visit private clinics, but instead of giving me TB medication, they usually just prescribed me painkillers,” she says. The cost of searching out treatment also took […]

Read More… from Afghanistan: MSF hospital in Kandahar provides hope for people with TB

Following the earthquake that struck Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan on the night of 21 to 22 June, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) sent teams made up of medical and logistical staff to the worst-affected areas. Hundreds of people are thought to have been killed, over a thousand wounded, and many homes […]

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Zainab didn’t sleep well last night. The lights and the incessant beeping of the machines in the intensive care unit would keep anyone awake. But mainly she couldn’t sleep because she was worried about her one-year-old son, Takberullah. He also had a restless, irritable night as he was having trouble breathing until the doctor gave […]

Read More… from Afghanistan: Measles poses deadly risk for malnourished children

The Afghan healthcare system has been fragile and plagued by major gaps for years now, and the suspension of international aid as a result of the recent political developments has further deteriorated the situation.

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Read More… from Malnutrition soars in Herat as Afghanistan healthcare is at breaking point

Fighting in the city of Kunduz in north-eastern Afghanistan ended on August 8, 2021. During the clashes, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) transformed its office space into a temporary trauma unit to treat the people wounded. That unit is now closed and on August 16, all patients were transferred to the nearly-finished Kunduz Trauma […]

Read More… from Overcoming obstacles: Treating trauma in Kunduz

This is impeding access to medical care, increasing the number of people killed and wounded by bullets and explosions, and causing widespread displacement. […]

Read More… from Afghanistan: Injuries and displacement soar as violence spreads around the country

Fighting in Afghanistan has been intense since May, but in recent weeks the clashes between the Afghan army and the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan (also known as the Taliban) have increased in intensity and have moved into more urban areas such as Lashkar Gah city in Helmand Province. […]

Read More… from Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan: Increased intensity in violence and trauma for patients

The year 2020 has been considered a historic one for Afghanistan. In February, 20 years since the US-led invasion, the US signed a deal with the Islamic Emirate – otherwise known as the Taliban – to pave the way for a conditions-based withdrawal of US troops. In September, intra-Afghan talks between the Taliban and the […]

Read More… from Afghanistan: Persistent insecurity amid ‘peace protest’