After months of continuous restrictions placed on the female population of Afghanistan, limitations placed on their participation in everyday life, access to education, and most recently even the right to work for non-governmental organizations, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) strongly condemns the Islamic Emirate’s erasure of women from social life in the country. “More [...]Read More... from MSF condemns the ban on women working for NGOs and their erasure from p...| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The baby lies with his eyes closed, his fleecy blanket a riot of reds, pinks and greens. On his nose a sticking plaster holds the tubes in place that run into the tiny nostrils, feeding him a milk solution that should help him regain his strength. His mother watches him intently from a nearby chair, [...]Read More... from Afghanistan: Treating malnutrition| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Jawahira was referred to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) tuberculosis (TB) hospital in Kandahar earlier this year from a clinic in Daikundi, central Afghanistan. “I used to visit private clinics, but instead of giving me TB medication, they usually just prescribed me painkillers,” she says. The cost of searching out treatment also took [...]Read More... from Afghanistan: MSF hospital in Kandahar provides hope for people with TB| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
The future of female patients and health workers in Afghanistan is being threatened by the recent decree issued by the Ministry of Economy prohibiting women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Though health workers, including MSF staff, are currently exempted from the ban, there is no formal assurance that they will be able to continue [...]Read More... from Afghanistan: “It is difficult to know that we are something less”| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
A dysfunctional health system, widespread poverty, and increased restrictions placed on women are at the heart of the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, according to a new report published by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Policymakers, donors and local authorities must urgently focus on strengthening primary medical care at district levels to improve [...]Read More... from Afghanistan: Deprived of healthcare by poverty, restrictions and a disfunctional system| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
Despite the challenges facing female healthcare workers in Afghanistan, in Lashkar Gah, MSF’s all-women maternity team are helping thousands of women to give birth safely every year. Obstetrician-gynecologist Pauline Lynch shares the story of one woman… They arrived on a motorbike. It’s hard to imagine the journey, because Jamila* was heavily pregnant and having repeated [...]Read More... from Maternity care in Afghanistan: “What this all-women team is achieving is phenomenal”| Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
