Healthcare Needs Grow Amid Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan (VoA)

Afghan nationals react at a gathering to urge the international community to help Afghan refugees, in New Delhi, India, August…

Lisa Schlein

The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm about healthcare in Afghanistan, where conflict has left millions of people vulnerable to hunger and illnesses.

About one-half of Afghanistan’s population, including more than four million women and nearly 10 million children, need humanitarian assistance.

The World Health Organization says one-third of the population is facing acute hunger and more than half of all children under age five are malnourished. It says the current drought is expected to worsen an already dire situation.

Healthcare Needs Grow Amid Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan | Voice of America – English (voanews.com)

Marco Emanuele
Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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