Mustafa Basij Rasikh

Mustafa Basij Rasikh is a specialist at the Center for Health Wellbeing at Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs with a decade of multi-disciplinary work experience. He previously led a research firm in Afghanistan.

An Afghan nurse prepares serum drops for a victim of an earthquake in a hospital.
Gender

Outlasting the Taliban's Ban on Women's Medical Education

by Mustafa Basij Rasikh, Alyssa Sharkey

The education ban has kept new female talent from entering Afghanistan's under-resourced health-care sector

A man walks past the front gate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) office in Jalalabad province
Poverty

Transitioning Afghanistan’s Health Sector: The Urgent Need for Taliban’s Responsibility

by Mustafa Basij Rasikh, Alyssa Sharkey

Moving from short-term donor funding to Taliban-supported lasting solutions