Sources: Taliban shut down 7 health centers in Khost
Taliban police command said the facilities were shut down because they were using “encrypted prescriptions”.
Taliban police command said the facilities were shut down because they were using “encrypted prescriptions”.
Sources said that added that the facility is now functioning only in a few departments.
The 60-bed obstetrics and gynecology unit has remained shuttered since international health funding was cut.
Residents said its closure, even temporarily, would severely restrict medical services in a community that already struggles with limited health.
The incident occurred in Shamsi village, located in the Zazi Maidan district, according to the sources.
The $1.39 million AHF grant will support six sub-health centers, 10 surveillance teams and 13 inpatient therapeutic feeding centers.
The hospital will provide services for internal medicine, pediatrics and women’s care.
They added that the same increase has been applied in Khost city, which doctors and pharmacists described as “crippling.”
In its July report, the agency said it has been able to assist only 1 million people per month during.
UNICEF said Afghanistan is grappling with one of the most urgent but under-addressed child nutrition crises in the world.