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Mashup Score: 1An Afghani Surgical Oncologist Discusses the Challenges of Delivering Cancer Care in a War-Torn Nation - The ASCO Post - 2 year(s) ago
By Ronald Piana Posted: 8/17/2022 12:29:00 PM Last Updated: 8/17/2022 3:12:19 PM In this installment of The ASCO Post’s Global Oncology series, Guest Editor Chandrakanth Are, MBBS, MBA, FRCS, FACS, spoke with Ahmad Bashir Barekzai, MD, Consultant Surgical Oncologist at Ali Abad Teaching Hospital, Kabul,…
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Mashup Score: 3412 ways WHO supports health in Afghanistan - 2 year(s) ago
16 August 2022 – Decades of conflict, displacement, disease outbreaks and natural disasters have taken a huge toll in Afghanistan, leaving more than half of the country’s population in need of humanitarian assistance. Since August 2021, the impact of the economic crisis on basic services has worsened the situation for vulnerable people and weakened the health system’s ability to cope with…
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Conflict, displacement, disease outbreaks, natural disasters and economic turmoil have all taken a toll on the health system in #Afghanistan. This is how @WHO has worked to sustain essential services despite the many challenges: https://t.co/xvismBPTbO
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Mashup Score: 19One year on from the Taliban takeover, crisis grips Afghanistan's biggest children's hospital - 2 year(s) ago
Afghanistan is in the midst of a medical crisis that is worsening by the day, exacerbated by an economy in freefall, the freezing of the country’s assets and the drying up of hundreds of millions of dollars of aid that flowed here for two decades.
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Our key concern is the lack of access to health care for millions of people in #Afghanistan, including children who are missing essential vaccinations, women unable to find maternal care and people with acute health conditions who can’t get timely care. https://t.co/4P9wC7xTBZ
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A child is vaccinated during a nationwide polio campaign in January 2022. Seven national and one subnational campaign have taken place since 15 August last year 15 August 2022 – One year on from Afghanistan’s transition of power in August 2021, the polio eradication programme in Afghanistan has made critical gains – but the job is far from finished. Wild poliovirus transmission in Afghanistan is…
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#Polio is still endemic in #Afghanistan. Eight polio vaccination campaigns have taken place since November 2021, but sustained access to all children and ensured safety of health workers are essential to #EndPolio for good. https://t.co/INKFyFFmAs
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Mashup Score: 97
Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first WHO World report on the health of refugees and migrants. This has dire consequences for the probability that the world will not achieve the…
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Watch @DrWaheedArian talk about the health challenges he had faced as a refugee from #Afghanistan. His early childhood experience led him to become a doctor in the UK. Both the physical & mental health of refugees need to be addressed, he says. ▶ https://t.co/YQgBCrKOSf https://t.co/kLteRcHYUO
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Mashup Score: 104
Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes than their host communities, especially where living and working conditions are sub-standard, according to the first WHO World report on the health of refugees and migrants. This has dire consequences for the probability that the world will not achieve the…
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Watch @DrWaheedArian talk about the health challenges he had faced as a refugee from #Afghanistan 🇦🇫. His early childhood experience led him to become a doctor in the UK 🇬🇧. Both the physical & mental health of refugees need to be addressed, he says. ▶ https://t.co/YQgBCrKOSf https://t.co/w8XPgCfutK
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Mashup Score: 23Afghanistan earthquake: at least 250 dead after 6.1 magnitude quake, state media says - 2 year(s) ago
Powerful quake struck early in the morning near the town of Khost south of the capital Kabul
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My thoughts and prayers are with people in #Afghanistan who have been affected by the earthquake this morning, especially those who lost loved ones. @WHO will continue supporting people in need across the country. https://t.co/SFFbwtGSWo
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Mashup Score: 0War-torn Afghanistan and cancer care: where to focus? - 2 year(s) ago
We read with great interest the news piece in The Lancet Oncology about the risks faced by cancer treatment facilities during the crisis in Ukraine.1 In this Comment, we would like to draw attention towards Afghanistan, which has been a hotspot for military conflicts for four decades. The resultant political turmoil has had a deleterious impact on the health-care sector, and led to an ongoing…
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New Comment in the May issue: War-torn #Afghanistan and #cancer care: where to focus? https://t.co/lQ77hA8BOC
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Mashup Score: 3Afghanistan's health crisis deepens under the Taliban - 2 year(s) ago
Health agencies say acute hunger has increased in Afghanistan and many people have lost access to water, shelter, and health care since the Taliban regained power. Sophie Cousins reports.
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Since the Taliban regained power, acute hunger has increased in #Afghanistan & many have lost access to water, shelter, & health care. Sophie Cousins reports: https://t.co/xp7VTq0H6z https://t.co/zlIDYF1sCO
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Mashup Score: 56Afghanistan Conference 2022 - 2 year(s) ago
High-level Pledging Event on Supporting the Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan.
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🎬 Tune today as the @UN, donors and partners come together to scale up urgent humanitarian support for the people of #Afghanistan. 🕘 9 a.m. EDT/ 3 p.m. CET/ 5:30 p.m. Kabul 🔗 https://t.co/jCNTL0gSrN https://t.co/jzd5Ni4MNj
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An Afghani Surgical Oncologist Discusses the Challenges of Delivering Cancer Care in a War-Torn Nation https://t.co/eGIDx95g20 #cancer #Afghanistan #oncology