COVID-19 and multiple crises in Afghanistan: an urgent battle
Abstract The political and military advance of the Taliban, reduced healthcare capacity, and imminent humanitarian crisis risk exacerbating an already very serious threat posed by COVID-19 in Afghanistan. The continued rise of COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan appears inevitable, but poor diagnostic cap...
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doaj-15a970d2e1344529a1ab9273bbbf01672021-09-19T11:13:45ZengBMCConflict and Health1752-15052021-09-011511310.1186/s13031-021-00406-0COVID-19 and multiple crises in Afghanistan: an urgent battleMohammad Yasir Essar0Mohammad Mehedi Hasan1Zarmina Islam2Mehr Muhammad Adeel Riaz3Abdullahi Tunde Aborode4Shoaib Ahmad5Kabul University of Medical SciencesDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology UniversityDow University of Health SciencesPunjab Medical CollegeHealthy Africans Platform, Research and DevelopmentPunjab Medical CollegeAbstract The political and military advance of the Taliban, reduced healthcare capacity, and imminent humanitarian crisis risk exacerbating an already very serious threat posed by COVID-19 in Afghanistan. The continued rise of COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan appears inevitable, but poor diagnostic capacity prevents accurate case measurement, while vaccine provision is extremely limited. This letter highlights how the recent changes in Afghanistan risk exacerbating the COVID-19 and ongoing health emergency in the country.https://doi.org/10.1186/s13031-021-00406-0COVID-19VaccinationPolitical instabilityHealthcare workersPublic health crisis |
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COVID-19 and multiple crises in Afghanistan: an urgent battle |
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Abstract The political and military advance of the Taliban, reduced healthcare capacity, and imminent humanitarian crisis risk exacerbating an already very serious threat posed by COVID-19 in Afghanistan. The continued rise of COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan appears inevitable, but poor diagnostic capacity prevents accurate case measurement, while vaccine provision is extremely limited. This letter highlights how the recent changes in Afghanistan risk exacerbating the COVID-19 and ongoing health emergency in the country. |
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COVID-19 Vaccination Political instability Healthcare workers Public health crisis |
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