Faculty of Medicine, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
Faculty of Medicine, Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Int Health. 2023 Jul 4;15(4):353-356. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac055.
Decades of political turmoil and stifling war, among other issues, has turned Afghanistan into the world's largest humanitarian crisis. Just 4 months after the Taliban seized control, the majority of the Afghan population face starvation, with >3.3 million children unable to afford basic food resources, leading to dozens of deaths every week. Restrictions on humanitarian assistance, withholding of vital food supplies and inadequate medical care play a major role in exacerbating the rates of malnutrition in the vulnerable paediatric population. Global interference is warranted to avoid unfathomable consequences in mitigating this public health catastrophe.
几十年的政治动荡和压抑的战争等问题，使阿富汗成为世界上最大的人道主义危机。塔利班控制该国仅仅 4 个月后，大部分阿富汗人面临饥饿，超过 330 万儿童无力购买基本食物资源，导致每周都有数十人死亡。对人道主义援助的限制、关键食品供应的扣留和医疗保健的不足，是导致弱势儿科人群营养不良率上升的主要因素。需要全球介入来避免在缓解这场公共卫生灾难方面产生不可估量的后果。
