UNFPA is working to expand access to life-saving reproductive health care among vulnerable returnee populations in Afghanistan. The organization is supplying health services at several border entry points, including at the Torkham border in Nangarhar and the Kandahar/Spin-bold border point.
In addition, UNFPA supports nine mobile health teams that are serving internally displaced persons, returnees and host communities in seven provinces of Afghanistan. These mobile teams provide a range of services, including reproductive health care, gender-based violence prevention and response, as well as psychosocial services.
Humanitarian crises have affected many parts of the country. During the first half of 2019, fighting between government forces and armed groups in the province of Kunar led to the displacement of about 1,000 people. Similarly, the drought in Herat Province left over 200,000 people displaced and in acute need of health services.
UNFPA has reached over 120,000 crisis-affected people with health care so far in 2019 – including those in Kabul, Nangarhar and Laghman in the east, Kunar in the northeast, Baghlan and Kunduz in the north, and Nimruz in the southwest of the country. The organization is also supporting midwives working for 10 mobile health teams run by the Afghan Red Crescent Society.
Original source: UNFPA
Published on 27 August 2019
