People seeking medical care in Afghanistan are often forced to take extreme risks and pay unaffordable fees, leading to patients arriving late and in critical condition, according to a new report by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), which is urging renewed attention to the Afghan health system amid a broader crisis in the country.
“After two decades of international aid and investment, Afghans continue to struggle to access basic and emergency medical care due to insecurity, distance, cost, and the fact that many health facilities do not function adequately,” said Karsten Noko, MSF project coordinator in Afghanistan. “Direct medical and nonmedical costs have an impact on people’s ability to access medical care, even more so now that more than half of the population is living below the national poverty line.”
To know more, read the full news article originally published on the MSF website.
Read the report attached here.
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