Afghan healthcare under siege as escalating conflict cuts off access
"Throughout Afghanistan ... an increasingly violent struggle for control is threatening access to vital healthcare. Pressure from a web of armed groups, including a resurgent Taliban, has seen medical workers targeted and health clinics commandeered or shut.
This has obstructed access to lifesaving care for hundreds of thousands of Afghans this year – and heightened the risk from deadly but treatable diseases like ... tuberculosis."
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Source:
IRIN
