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More than $250 million needed to sustain humanitarian response for women and girls in Afghanistan

calendar_today17 March 2022

Internally displaced persons on their way to seek free medical services from a mobile health team in Kandahar. From August to December 2021, UNFPA-supported mobile health teams reached more than 33,000 people with sexual and reproductive health services. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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UNFPA’s Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan

calendar_today17 March 2022

UNFPA’s Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan

UNFPA’s Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, where 18.4 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, UNFPA is on the ground delivering for women and girls. In this video, UNFPA Afghanistan Representative Alexander Sasha Bodiroza shows how we're taking action in Afghanistan and why our life-saving work must continue. Learn more

Publication date

Mar 2022

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Afghanistan Humanitarian Appeal 2022

Afghanistan is confronting an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with a very real risk of systemic collapse and human catastrophe that threatens many of the development gains of the last 20 years. The situation has deteriorated in recent months due to the ongoing conflict and the political power shift, COVID-19 and drought – and it is Afghan women and girls who are paying the heaviest price.

UNFPA requires $251.9 million to respond to the reproductive health and protection needs of 9.3 million people affected by the crisis for the year 2022. 

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Emergency health kits ensure maternal and newborn care in Afghanistan

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Shahla Oruzgani, head midwife at Kabul's Malalai Maternity Hospital, attends to a newborn. ©UNFPA Afghanistan
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Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan

calendar_today21 December 2021

A Midwifery Helpline worker walks a caller through a procedure over the phone © UNFPA Afghanistan
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UNFPA

Publication date

Nov 2021

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Situation report: Afghanistan October 2021

More than two months into the current political crisis in Afghanistan, UNFPA continues to stay and provide essential reproductive health and protection services for women and girls despite many challenges to keep health facilities open and functioning. Download the situation report for an overview of the humanitarian action being delivered by UNFPA and Partners. 

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Mobile health teams: On the road saving lives in Afghanistan’s most remote areas

calendar_today19 November 2021

A new mother is examined by a mobile health team midwife in Afghanistan. © UNFPA/Afghanistan
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Commitment to supporting childbirth amid Afghanistan’s deteriorating security situation

calendar_today27 October 2021

A midwife at a family health house provides care to a baby. Image taken in 2020. © UNFPA Afghanistan
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Afghan women and girls must not be abandoned

calendar_today17 September 2021

Afghan women and girls must not be abandoned

Afghan women and girls must not be abandoned

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