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. 2023 Jan 11:13:03003.
doi: 10.7189/jogh.13.03003.

Healthcare collapse in Afghanistan due to political crises, natural catastrophes, and dearth of international aid post-COVID

Ngoc Phuong Hong Tao  1 , Dang Nguyen  2 , Sayed Mansoor Sediqi  3 , Linh Tran  4   5 , Nguyen Tien Huy  6
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Healthcare collapse in Afghanistan due to political crises, natural catastrophes, and dearth of international aid post-COVID

Ngoc Phuong Hong Tao et al. J Glob Health. .
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Photo: A health care worker disinfecting a household contaminated with COVID-19. Source: photo by Vetsikas D (2020), available at: https://pixabay.com/photos/covid-19-pandemic-epidemic-5010565/ (free to use under the Pixabay license: https://pixabay.com/service/license/).
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