Geneva: Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at a close risk because Western donors who finance them are prohibited from dealing with the new Taliban government, said a world health organization official on Monday.
About 90% of the 2,300 health facilities throughout the country may have to be closed immediately after this week, the North Sumatra Regional Emergency Director Rick Brennan, told Reuters in an interview.
He said May, Western donors have regulations that prevent them from dealing with the Taliban, without becoming further details.
“We will get a break in the operation in the great proportion of them (health facilities).
With some estimates of up to 90% will stop functioning maybe that week and that will be associated with an increase in disease and death,” said Brennan, “said.
Who tried to fill up gap by providing supplies, equipment, and financing up to 500 from health centers, he said.
Agency is also related to Qatar for medical shipments to come up with planes, he added.
“We hope to have up to two or three fields of supply flown from the Qatar government as possible to Kabul in the next week or more, “he said.
The next shipment will include a Covid test and inventory to treat chronic diseases.
Along with other assistance agents, who have struggled to bring medical supplies including a partial trauma kit because of the chaos at Kabul airport.
Supply Medical continues to be flown through the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and who also Check the option of worries through trucks from Pakistan, Brennan said.