The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday renewed its commitment to delivering health for all in Somalia through Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The WHO said decades of conflict, recurrent climatic shocks and the COVID-19 pandemic have weakened Somalia's already fragile health system and further exacerbated widespread poverty, underdevelopment, and social…
Before the Taliban takeover on Aug 15, 2021, Afghanistan had made considerable progress
over two decades in increasing the coverage of health services and improving some
health indicators. Article 52 of the 2004 Afghanistan constitution states that “The
state shall provide free preventative healthcare and treatment of diseases as well
as medical facilities to all citizens in accordance with the provisions of the law”.1
The scope of the country s health services is defined by the Basic Package of Health
Services (BPHS) and the Essential Package of Hospital Services (EPHS).
World Health Organisation (WHO), yesterday, offered an explanation why healthy life expectancy in the African region increased on average by 10 years per person between 2000 and 2019.