Health Care for Children in Afghanistan

To the Editor.

I read with interest the special article by Sogan et al¹ entitled “21st Century Health Care for Children in Afghanistan.” As expected, in the context of the prevalent political situation, the health care facilities are dismal in the capital of Afghanistan and nonexistent in the rest of the country. I closely watched the MCH health care services and disease profile of children in Afghanistan during my 4-year tenure as the Director of the Institute of Child Health, Kabal, Afghanistan, during 1979–1983. I was on deputation from the All India Institute …