KABUL (Pajhwok): Forty-four rehabilitation centres for drug addicts remain closed nation-wide due to a stop to funding from donors, an official said on Thursday.
Javid Hazeez, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health, said before the regime change last year, 88 rehabilitation facilities were functional across the country.
Currently, he said, 44 of them were closed for lack of funds, affecting the treatment of drug addicts.
“Public Health Ministry paid for the functional rehabilitation facilities. Talks with donors are underway in the reactivation of the closed rehabilitation facilities,” he added.
At least 22,218 drug addicts, six percent . . .
