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Story Afghanistan

Healthnet Afghanistan
August 2008

After 25 years of war, Afghanistan faces extreme poverty, insecurity, political instability, appalling infrastructure and large gender disparities. The six million people that left Afghanistan for fear of war and persecution are now gradually returning. Although a lot of progress has been made since 2002, in many Afghan provinces health care is still almost non-existent. As of 2005, only 77% of the population has access to basic health facilities.....

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