Emergency and Humanitarian Action, December 2017

Conflict and displacement continued to affect delivery of health services across the country in December 2017.
In Nangarhar, the Khogiani IDPs continued to burden health services in surrounding districts.
8 health facilities in 4 districts in the west region were closed by Taliban and 3 health facilities were closed in Kandahar.
1414 families were displaced in the northeastern region.
A health centre in Shawalikot was burnt and a nurse and 2 vaccinators arrested. Two of the staff were released, but the facility remains closed.
In Helmand, a doctor and security guard of a health facility were arrested, but later released.
Two new polio cases were confirmed in Kandahar province, bringing the total number of polio cases in 2017 to 13.
In 2017, a total of 2640 families (12 634 individuals) of documented returnees returned to Afghanistan through Spinboldak gate from Pakistan: a decrease of 67% compared to 2016.