Sources in Helmand say that healthcare services in urban and rural areas of the province have been disrupted in recent months.
The sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Wednesday, August 26, that following the suspension of international health assistance, healthcare centers have been weakened and medicines are hardly being provided to people in any hospital.
According to the information, in the past, with support from international aid organizations, healthcare workers equipped with medical supplies traveled to different areas and provided daily healthcare services to people in their communities, but all of this has now stopped.
Local residents say that in areas where healthcare centers are not nearby, communicable and non-communicable diseases have increased, and there is no organization with which they can share their concerns.
A resident of Sangin district said: “Every week, healthcare workers used to come to our village and help people with healthcare, but now they no longer come, and there is no hospital nearby either.”
Meanwhile, a resident of Nad Ali district said that disease has spread throughout their village, and there is neither a healthcare center nor doctors who come to their village.
This comes as the reduction in international aid to Afghanistan has caused people to face serious difficulties in various areas of life, including healthcare.
