More than 10 percent of the Afghan population could be deprived of healthcare by the end of the year due to the termination of US aid, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday.

Afghanistan, with a population of 45 million that has long been dependent on aid, faces the world’s second-largest humanitarian crisis.

Since US funding cuts earlier this year, about three million people have lost access to health services because of the closure of more than 364 medical centers, with a further 220 centers at risk of closing by the third quarter of 2025, the UN’s health agency said.