Afghanistan: MSF warns of local restrictions affecting women’s access to healthcare in Herat
November 7, 2025Herat, Afghanistan, 7 November 2025- Since 5 November, local restrictions have been implemented in Herat province requiring female patients, caretakers, and staff to wear a burqa to enter public health facilities, including at Herat hospital. This sudden enforcement adds limitations...
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Afghanistan: Keeping an eye on COVID-19 cases in Herat
February 12, 2021Due to an increase in the number of people with severe COVID-19 in Herat, western Afghanistan, the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) COVID-19 treatment centre in Gazer Ga reopened on 2 December 2020. The centre reopened to support the Ministry of Public...
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