Inherited bleeding disorders in Afghanistan: The current situation amid COVID‐19.

Inherited bleeding disorders in Afghanistan: The current situation amid COVID-19 However, these packages did not include rare diseases such as haemophilia.8 This paper aims to elucidate the challenges haemophilia patients face in Afghanistan. Keywords: Afghanistan; challenges; COVID-19; Haemophilia; inherited bleeding disorders EN Afghanistan challenges COVID-19 Haemophilia inherited bleeding disorders e579 e580 2 07/21/21 20210701 NES 210701 INTRODUCTION Inherited bleeding disorders consist of a heterogeneous sort of diseases that reflect abnormalities of blood vessels, coagulation proteins and platelets.1 Von Willebrand disease (VWD) is the most common type of these bleeding disorders, followed by haemophilia A and haemophilia B, which are both x-linked recessive disorders, mainly affecting men.2 Haemophilia occurs in all ethnic groups throughout the world. [Extracted from the article]