Healthcare in Afghanistan

Healthcare in Afghanistan has been gradually improving in the last decades after being almost non-existent due to the civil war and mass exodus in the 1990s. There are now over 5,000 health facilities operating in Afghanistan, with more being built according to the country's Ministry of Public Health. Latest reports say 38,000 Afghan women work as midwives.

Afghanistan's healthcare system remains weak and requires global assistance. In this regard, officials from the Islamic Emirate often seek cooperation from neighboring and regional countries. Despite having around 200 pharmaceutical companies producing medicines in the country, most medicines are still imported from other countries.

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