12-28 | For two days, Hadia who is 9 years old has refused to eat anything, even her favourite fruit, bananas. Her mother, Farida, took her to several health facilities and doctors, but her condition never seemed to improve. “I really don’t know the pain she’s going through, but I am here with her hoping she gets better soon. Anything people said, I tried. I took her to many doctors and paid a lot for her prescriptions, but she did not get better, and she even developed diarrhoea which got worse,” Farida says.
10-12 | Following on from the earthquake that hit Herat in western Afghanistan on 7th October, we asked the Head of Programme who is now on the ground there to give us an update of the current situation: Herat is still experiencing aftershocks, which is unsettling for everyone. According to data from the Ministry of Public Health and Herat Regional Hospital, there have been 2,445 reported deaths and 2,440 injuries in Herat Province so far. However, as you can imagine in situations like this data is hard to verify and the figures may change.
6-27 | Following the earthquake that struck Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan on the night of 21 to 22 June, MSF sent teams made up of medical and logistical staff to the worst-affected areas. Hundreds of people are thought to have been killed, over a thousand wounded, and many homes have been destroyed and damaged.
1-7 | Dr Mohammed* is at an MSF hospital in Lashkar Gah, where
11-12 | The Afghan healthcare system has been fragile and plagued by major gaps for years now, and the suspension of international aid as a result of the recent political developments has further deteriorated the situation. In Herat, Médecins Sans Frontières is witnessing a worrying increase in malnutrition, says Mamman Mustapha, former Project Coordinator for in the province.