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People receive medical treatment at a local hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 27, 2021, after a bombing near Kabul's airport. (Photo: Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua via Getty Images)
"When we hear messages from the World Bank--whether they say that they have put our funds on hold, or they've frozen them--what that means to me is 3,700 health facilities will collapse. That the health of 35 million people will collapse."
--Dr. Wahid Majrooh, Public Health Minister
Now the main worry is that the other health facilities, for example those that receive funding from the World Bank, won't be able to carry on their work in Herat as the World Bank has stopped its funding. There's no clear picture about what will happen. Some staff working for other organizations haven't received salaries for months, this has happened before but then people had hope they would be paid eventually. Now, with so much uncertainty, people tell me they have no hope and many are looking for another job.
\u201cAmid the uncertainty in #Afghanistan, our teams are continuing to work in hospitals across the country, which are now full to bursting. Two of our staff recount their experience in Khost and Lashkar Gah.\n\nhttps://t.co/N6iHMWIHNc\u201d— MSF International (@MSF International) 1630079583
\u201c"It's a country that is facing massive humanitarian needs." \n\nHead of @ifrc delegation in Afghanistan, @Necephor Mghendi tells us more about the current situation in #Afghanistan, and how the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is responding. \nhttps://t.co/kGMr6qJ91j\u201d— British Red Cross \ud83e\udde1 (@British Red Cross \ud83e\udde1) 1630661129
"Urgent international action is needed to support millions of people with the necessities of life through the coming months and Afghanistan's harsh winter," he said.
The U.N. said 18 million people--about half of Afghanistan's population--are currently facing a humanitarian disaster, and the other half of the country could soon join them.
"Providing aid to all vulnerable Afghans in need must be our top priority," said Martin Griffiths, the U.N.'s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, on social media on Monday.
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"When we hear messages from the World Bank--whether they say that they have put our funds on hold, or they've frozen them--what that means to me is 3,700 health facilities will collapse. That the health of 35 million people will collapse."
--Dr. Wahid Majrooh, Public Health Minister
Now the main worry is that the other health facilities, for example those that receive funding from the World Bank, won't be able to carry on their work in Herat as the World Bank has stopped its funding. There's no clear picture about what will happen. Some staff working for other organizations haven't received salaries for months, this has happened before but then people had hope they would be paid eventually. Now, with so much uncertainty, people tell me they have no hope and many are looking for another job.
\u201cAmid the uncertainty in #Afghanistan, our teams are continuing to work in hospitals across the country, which are now full to bursting. Two of our staff recount their experience in Khost and Lashkar Gah.\n\nhttps://t.co/N6iHMWIHNc\u201d— MSF International (@MSF International) 1630079583
\u201c"It's a country that is facing massive humanitarian needs." \n\nHead of @ifrc delegation in Afghanistan, @Necephor Mghendi tells us more about the current situation in #Afghanistan, and how the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is responding. \nhttps://t.co/kGMr6qJ91j\u201d— British Red Cross \ud83e\udde1 (@British Red Cross \ud83e\udde1) 1630661129
"Urgent international action is needed to support millions of people with the necessities of life through the coming months and Afghanistan's harsh winter," he said.
The U.N. said 18 million people--about half of Afghanistan's population--are currently facing a humanitarian disaster, and the other half of the country could soon join them.
"Providing aid to all vulnerable Afghans in need must be our top priority," said Martin Griffiths, the U.N.'s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, on social media on Monday.
"When we hear messages from the World Bank--whether they say that they have put our funds on hold, or they've frozen them--what that means to me is 3,700 health facilities will collapse. That the health of 35 million people will collapse."
--Dr. Wahid Majrooh, Public Health Minister
Now the main worry is that the other health facilities, for example those that receive funding from the World Bank, won't be able to carry on their work in Herat as the World Bank has stopped its funding. There's no clear picture about what will happen. Some staff working for other organizations haven't received salaries for months, this has happened before but then people had hope they would be paid eventually. Now, with so much uncertainty, people tell me they have no hope and many are looking for another job.
\u201cAmid the uncertainty in #Afghanistan, our teams are continuing to work in hospitals across the country, which are now full to bursting. Two of our staff recount their experience in Khost and Lashkar Gah.\n\nhttps://t.co/N6iHMWIHNc\u201d— MSF International (@MSF International) 1630079583
\u201c"It's a country that is facing massive humanitarian needs." \n\nHead of @ifrc delegation in Afghanistan, @Necephor Mghendi tells us more about the current situation in #Afghanistan, and how the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is responding. \nhttps://t.co/kGMr6qJ91j\u201d— British Red Cross \ud83e\udde1 (@British Red Cross \ud83e\udde1) 1630661129
"Urgent international action is needed to support millions of people with the necessities of life through the coming months and Afghanistan's harsh winter," he said.
The U.N. said 18 million people--about half of Afghanistan's population--are currently facing a humanitarian disaster, and the other half of the country could soon join them.
"Providing aid to all vulnerable Afghans in need must be our top priority," said Martin Griffiths, the U.N.'s under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, on social media on Monday.