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More Than 10% Of Afghans Could Lose Healthcare By Year-end: WHO

An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a vaccination campaign in southern Kandahar province on December 23, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

More than 10 percent of the Afghan population could be deprived of healthcare by the end of the year due to the termination of US aid, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.

Afghanistan, with a population of 45 million that has long been dependent on aid, faces the world's second-largest humanitarian crisis.

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