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Afghanistan's health system under the Taliban: key challenges

Najibullah Safi^{a b}✉, Palwasha Anwari^c, Helah Safi^d

^aThe University of Suffolk, Ipswich IP4 1QJ, UK. Electronic address: najibullah.safi@gmail.com
^bThe University of Suffolk, Ipswich IP4 1QJ, UK
^cLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK
^dCDC Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA
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The Lancet Elsevier BV2022-09-23 41 citations4 references

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TL;DRComparison of reported data from Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health for the first 6 months of 2021 and 2022 indicates a 9% and 2% increase in the use of outpatient department and inpatient department services, respectively, by female patients, given the substantial decline in use of health services early in 2021 due to conflict. (Semantic Scholar)

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