UNHCR Afghanistan Health Factsheet - October 2024
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The 2024 HNRP estimates that 17.9 million people in Afghanistan require health assistance in the same year, within a context characterised by a fragile and under-resourced healthcare system, fraught by unequal access to services, ongoing communicable disease breaks, critical unmet maternal and child health needs, high rates of malnutrition, and significant morbidity and mortality rates as result. Acute disease outbreaks continue to challenge Afghanistan’s health sector, including measles, acute watery diarrhea (AWD), dengue fever, pertussis, Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), and malaria. UNICEF has reported Afghanistan having one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates with 638 mothers dying for every 100,000 births, exacerbated by acute shortages of qualified birth attendants in the country. Health outcomes are further hampered by an under-resourced healthcare system and poor infrastructure, disproportionately affecting rural and under-served communities.
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Afghanistan - Refugees |
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