Funding Cuts Deepen Afghanistan’s Maternal Health Crisis

Afghanistan is facing a worsening maternal care crisis, intensified by recent funding cuts to the UN’s reproductive health agency, UNFPA. In Bamyan Province, women walk for hours to access maternal care at remote clinics, some heavily pregnant or carrying newborns. The U.S. has slashed $102 million in funding to UNFPA’s Afghanistan operations, part of a [...]

Afghanistan’s Collapsing Healthcare System

Afghanistan’s healthcare system is in deep crisis, worsened by political instability, economic collapse, and severe Taliban restrictions. Hospitals across the country, like those in Zabul, Balkh, and Badakhshan, are overcrowded and critically short of medicines, equipment, and staff. Women and children are most at risk, with maternal mortality nearly three times the global average. Foreign [...]

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