How the Taliban undermined community healthcare in Swat, Pakistan

I. Ud Din; Zubia Mumtaz; Anushka Ataullahjan

doi:10.1136/bmj.e2093

March 21, 2012BMJ

How the Taliban undermined community healthcare in Swat, Pakistan

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Investigate how Taliban militancy undermined the functioning of community-based healthcare systems and affected female frontline health workers in Swat, Pakistan.
Conducted a field-based qualitative investigation evaluating the occupational challenges of lady health workers in the conflict-affected region of Swat, Pakistan.
Militant actions severely disrupted community outreach, restricting female health workers' mobility and impeding essential maternal and child primary care delivery.
Frontline workers faced pervasive threats, intimidation, and structural breakdown of district health infrastructure, substantially weakening regional healthcare coverage.

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Qualitative analysis reveals severe disruptions to primary healthcare among community health workers, highlighting the extreme vulnerability of frontline medical programs during conflict.

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Iftikhar Ud Din, Zubia Mumtaz, and Anushka Ataullahjan examine the difficulties experienced by Pakistan’s lady health workers

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