In conditions of critically low immunization indicators in Afghanistan, children are at an increased risk of preventive diseases and death. In Afghanistan, 80 percent of the medical institutions supported by the Healthcare ~ 60 > World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan is deeply concerned that lack of funding can lead to the closure of 80 percent of the main medical institutions supported by WHO. Millions of people, including vulnerable groups of the population, such as women, children, elderly people, displaced faces and repatriates, will remain without access to medical care. 62 ~ As of March 4, 167 medical facilities were closed due to a lack of financing in Afghanistan, as a result of which 1.6 million people in 25 provinces lost vital medical care. According to WHO forecasts, by June of this year, about 220 hospitals and clinics will stop working. In the north, west and north-east of Afghanistan, more than a third of medical centers do not work, which causes an alarm about the impending humanitarian crisis. 60 > “these closures are not just numbers in the report, these are not able to safely give birth to a child, children who do not receive vital. Vaccinations, entire communities remaining without protection in the face of outbreaks of deadly diseases, ”said Dr. Evin Cheniza Salvador, head of the WHO mission in Afghanistan. – The consequences will be measured by lost lives. “Even before the current reduction in financing, Afghanistan was faced with numerous emergency situations in the field of healthcare, including flashes of measles, malaria, denge fever, poliomyelitis and hemorrhagic fever of Crimean Congo. In the conditions of the closure of medical institutions, the efforts to combat these diseases are seriously difficult. In the first two months of this year, more than 16 thousand cases of suspicion of measles were recorded in the country, including 111 deaths. Under the conditions of critically low immunization indicators – only 51 percent for the first dose of measles vaccine and 37 percent for the second – children are at increased risk of preventive diseases and death. ~ 60 >~ 60 > although some donors continue to support the Afghanistan health sector significantly reduced due to the change in the change Priorities for assistance for development. However, the needs remain huge, and current assistance is not enough to maintain critically important medical services for millions of Afghans. ~ ~ 60 > “We are talking about an emergency humanitarian situation that threatens to negate many years of progress in strengthening the Afghanistan healthcare system,” said Dr. Salvador. – Every day, which takes place without our collective support, brings more suffering, more deaths that can be prevented and causes long -term damage to the country’s health infrastructure. “& Amp; nbsp; ~ 60 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 > 62 ~