Maternal mortality is a major concern in Afghanistan. Even though the rate decreasing, Afghanistan still ranks below most countries terms of maternal mortality. Challenges such as political instability, COVID-19 pandemic, and unskilled staff are proving to be burden on healthcare system Afghanistan, which has become an obstacle for aim further reducing rate. Along with struggling system, illite...

Afghanistan is a very mountainous country. It offers a big variety of ecological conditions, this means a big variety of vegetation types is covering land surface. These vegetation types are consisting of a high biodiversity, since the floristic influence from various neighbour regions is a considerable factor in floristic and vegetation pattern. On the other hand, Afghanistan is a very dry cou...

Given this history and the fact that U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are serving for prolonged periods in a hazardous combat environment, we expect the mental health care needs of our newest veterans to be great. In a survey of 3671 Army soldiers and Marines who were involved in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, up to 17 percent of those returning reported symptoms consistent with major depre...

Perspectives During armed conflicts, international humanitarian law (which regulates the conduct of parties engaged in war) protects health-care workers and health facilities, the wounded and the sick. In the first half of 2016, however, the international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported several attacks on health facilities and workers in Afghanistan, the Central African ...