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Vickie Hawkins

Vickie Hawkins

Vickie Hawkins

Vickie Hawkins is Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF UK). She has worked for MSF for over 20 years in a number of positions, including as project coordinator and country representative in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Zimbabwe.

Afghanistan’s healthcare crisis

Despite security improving in Afghanistan, the impact of sanctions and donor funding being frozen has been detrimental to people accessing urgent healthcare. A stable economy is key to addressing the problem more widely, writes Vickie Hawkins.

08 June, 2022