A nurse takes care of a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit of Malalai Maternity hospital in Kabul Afghanistan, on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. Afghanistan's health care system, is on the brink of ...

In the reaction to President Obama’s decision about Afghanistan – and in the months leading up to it – the administration, pundits and journalists have focused on troop levels and deadlines for ...

Relief agency raising funds to help peopled displaced by the conflict CARE, the Atlanta-based relief organization, said Monday that it is seeking to get its international staff safely out of ...

Filipe Ribeiro of Doctors Without Borders Afghanistan talks to NPR about the future of the country's health care system under Taliban rule. Afghanistan's Health Care Is In 'Limbo' Following Taliban ...

A punishing winter looms for many Afghans who are already dealing with the effects of a devastating humanitarian crisis and an economic crunch brought on by the Taliban takeover, the withdrawal of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer COVID-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines and even heating ...

The diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out. So have supplies of dozens of essential drugs. The staff, unpaid for months, still shows up for work, but they are ...

For a pre-holiday week, there has been a lot of news, including the deadly bombing in Afghanistan and, of course, the continuing debate about how to retool the nation's health care system. Guy Raz ...

Afghanistan has long suffered some of the highest maternal and neonatal mortality rates in the world, but billions invested by the U.S. and its allies in the health system brought improvements to the ...

KABUL, AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan — The diesel fuel needed to produce oxygen for coronavirus patients has run out. So have supplies of dozens of essential drugs. The staff, unpaid for months, still ...