“This many people with tuberculosis is because of a lack of space” – drug-resistant tuberculosis in southern Afghanistan
March 26, 2025Kandahar, Afghanistan- Naqibullah is a 15-year-old from Ghazni, and he was the primary caretaker for his mother when she fell ill. Of his 32-member family, 16 were diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in the span of one month and admitted...
Read more
Afghanistan: MSF’s new project aims to fill critical gaps in the provision of paediatric and neonatal care
December 18, 2023“I really don’t know the pain she’s going through, but I am here with her hoping she gets better soon,” says Farida, the mother of nine-month-old Hadia.For two days, Hadia has refused to eat anything, even her favourite fruit, bananas....
Read more
Afghanistan
January 4, 2018Decades of conflict have ruined Afghanistan’s economy and infrastructure and many people rely on humanitarian aid. MSF focuses on emergency, paediatric, and maternal healthcare in Afghanistan, which has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. We work...
Read more
Afghanistan: MSF Strongly Condemns Violence Against Humanitarian Workers and Facilities
May 30, 2013NEW YORK, MAY 30, 2013—Following an attack on an office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, which killed an ICRC staff member, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today...
Read more
