The healthcare facilities in Afghanistan are quite inadequate and of very poor quality, due to which the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country is intensifying.
International concern has been repeatedly expressed about the human rights violations in Afghanistan, but the ruling Afghan Taliban government remains stubborn and adamant.
#Afghanistan's health system is in crisis. The #WHO reports 170 measles deaths and 35,000 infections in 2024 alone.
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Over 100,000 have contracted #hepatitis in the last decade, and a #diarrhea outbreak has hit Bamyan, affecting over 5,000 people and newborns. #SamaaTV pic.twitter.com/Qa5y1UnfAk
According to a report of the World Health Organization, Afghanistan has seen at least 170 deaths from measles in 2024. In the last seven months, more than 35,000 people have been infected with measles in the war-torn country.
The World Health Organization reported that "over 100,000 people contracted hepatitis in Afghanistan in the last decade".
WHO representative in Afghanistan, Dr Edwin Ceniza Salvador, said, "The Afghan government should introduce more testing, treatment and vaccination in hospitals."
According to the WHO, "more than 5,000 people and newborn babies were affected by the outbreak of diarrhoea in the city of Bamyan, Afghanistan".
While on one hand every institution in Afghanistan is on the brink of destruction, the Afghan Taliban are engaged in promoting extremism in the region.
