UN releases emergency funds to save Afghan health system from collapse

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UN aid chief says $45M in emergency funds are released to help prevent Afghanistan's battered healthcare system from collapsing

UN aid chief warns in a statement that"medicines, medical supplies and fuel are running out in Afghanistan."

A screen grab shows people carrying an injured person to a hospital after an attack at Kabul airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan August 26, 2021. The United Nations aid chief has said he had released $45 million in emergency funds to help prevent Afghanistan's battered healthcare system from collapsing. Martin Griffiths, the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, warned in a statement that "medicines, medical supplies and fuel are running out in Afghanistan."Afghanistan's healthcare system was plunged into crisis after the Taliban swept into power last month, complicating aid deliveries and leaving many health facilities understaffed.

 

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