The World Health Organization urged Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on female air workers in Afghanistan, allowing them to travel without male guardians and provide care after a deadly earthquake.
00:00The World Health Organization is urging Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to lift restrictions on female aid workers.
00:08This would allow women to travel without male guardians and provide critical care after a deadly earthquake killed over 2,200 people in the country's east.
00:20The magnitude 6 quake on September 1st and its aftershocks injured over 3,600 people and left thousands homeless in a nation already struggling with multiple humanitarian crises.
00:34A severe shortage of female medical staff is further hampering relief as Taliban restrictions on women in the workforce and education limit access to health care and trauma support.
00:45Aid cuts and damaged facilities have weakened the health system already reeling from funding cuts, leaving many without adequate treatment.
00:54The United Nations said some 11,600 pregnant women were also affected in a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in Asia.
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