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Natural and man-made disasters have crippled the government from catering to all types of trauma, including injuries associated with violence (e.g. Some regions have been more affected by civil war than others, especially the southern region, while other regions have been affected by natural disasters including earthquakes, landslides, avalanches and floods. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.Īfghanistan is a landlocked country, ravaged by 3.5 decades of conflict which has debilitated the health infrastructure.

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Ĭompeting interests: The first, sixth, tenth and eleventh authors are working at the Kunduz Trauma Center and most of the authors are working with Médecins Sans Frontières.

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In accordance with WHO's open-access publication policy for all work funded by WHO or authored/co-authored by WHO staff members, the WHO retains the copyright of this publication through a Creative Commons Attribution IGO license ( ) which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.ĭata Availability: All relevant data are within the paper.įunding: The programme was funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK. Received: JanuAccepted: OctoPublished: March 10, 2017Ĭopyright: © 2017 Hemat et al. PLoS ONE 12(3):Įditor: Chiara Lazzeri, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, ITALY (2017) Before the bombing: High burden of traumatic injuries in Kunduz Trauma Center, Kunduz, Afghanistan. Citation: Hemat H, Shah S, Isaakidis P, Das M, Kyaw NTT, Zaheer S, et al.

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