OVER 286,000 AFFLICTED WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES SINCE WINTER ACROSS AFGHANISTAN: WHO

Sat 24 February 2024:

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that since the beginning of 2024, more than 286,000 individuals have been afflicted with respiratory diseases across Afghanistan, among whom 668 have lost their lives.

On Saturday, the organization reported hundreds of deaths and infections due to respiratory illnesses across the country, coinciding with the onset of winter.

According to WHO, the increase in the number of individuals afflicted with respiratory diseases is due to cold weather conditions, affecting mostly children.

Based on the organization’s report, over 63 percent of the patients are children under five years old, with nearly 50 percent of them being women.

Earlier, WHO emphasized in a report that the average recorded statistics of respiratory illnesses in the country have increased compared to the same period in the years 2020 to 2022.

With the arrival of the cold season and increased air pollution, concerns regarding the spread of respiratory illnesses in the country have intensified.

Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, health care across Afghanistan has deteriorated because of a lack of funding. Almost all health-care services the previous pro-Western Afghan Republic offered were funded by international donors.

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