INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday 581,548 patients, mostly women and children, received primary health
care at 47 health facilities of the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) that are supported by the ICRC in the first half 2023.The group
said in a report that 33 hospitals with a capacity of up to 7,057 beds, serving 26 million people, were supported through the payment
of salaries to about 10,900 health workers and by covering the running cost of these facilities.102,226 patients were assisted
in 7 ICRC-supported physical rehabilitation centres, the report said.ICRC also said that up to 12,000 detainees in 11 prisons across the
country received monthly food rations to cover three daily meals.87 cases of missing people were resolved and their whereabouts were
ascertained, the group said.ICRC noted that more than 55 percent of the population in Afghanistan is in need of humanitarian assistance,
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