UNFPA’s Humanitarian Response in Afghanistan

Published on: 17/03/2022

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.

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Emergency help is a phone call away for midwives in Afghanistan

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

21 December 2021

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

A new mother is examined by a mobile health team midwife in Afghanistan. © UNFPA/Afghanistan

19 November 2021

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Commitment to supporting childbirth amid Afghanistan’s deteriorating security situation

A midwife at a family health house provides care to a baby. Image taken in 2020. © UNFPA Afghanistan

27 October 2021

Afghan women and girls must not be abandoned

Published on: 17/09/2021

High-level Ministerial Meeting on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan

13 September 2021

Geneva

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Student midwives persevere amid conflict and pandemic in Afghanistan

Midwifery students learn critical life-saving skills. © UNFPA Afghanistan

12 August 2021

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As Afghanistan grapples with surge in COVID-19 cases, one midwife shares her strength

Mastura Zia provides maternal health services to Afghan returnees, many of them deported from neighbouring Iran. © Zaeem Abdul Rahman/UNFPA Afghanistan

23 June 2021

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Japan contributes $1.4 million to UNFPA maternal health project for Afghan refugees in Iran

16 Jun 2021

Mother and child from a UNFPA supported programme. @UNFPA Iran

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After childbirth trauma, Afghan women emerge from life in shadows

Noorjahan laughs as she recovers from fistula surgery in Malalai Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. Now, she says, "I can live." © Andrea Bruce/ NOOR

07 June 2016

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