Healthcare collapse in Afghanistan due to political crises, natural catastrophes, and dearth of international aid post-COVID
Ngoc Phuong Hong Tao, Dang Nguyen, Sayed Mansoor Sediqi, Linh Tran, Nguyen Tien Huy
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Afghanistan’s foreign aid-dependent health sector deteriorated with the withdrawal of United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces due to the sudden fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban. Although there have been fewer net war-related casualties recently, many people continue to die due to inaccessibility to basic medical […]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PoliticsPandemicPolitical scienceHealth careCoronavirus InfectionsNatural disasterNatural (archaeology)MEDLINEMedicineDevelopment economicsVirologyGeographyEconomicsLawDiseasePathologyMeteorologyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)ArchaeologyLegal, Health, Environmental and COVID-19 ChallengesEnvironmental and Biological Research in Conflict ZonesHealth and Conflict Studies