I have worked against all odds “I chose to continue to do public health awareness during the COVID-19 pandemic. I wanted to help save people’s lives and continue to serve my people,” says Nasrin Ahmadi, a polio worker and volunteer for the COVID-19 response in Mazar, Balkh province.

14 October 2020: A multidisciplinary team from WHO’s Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean has concluded a mission to Afghanistan to review the ongoing response to COVID-19, identify gaps and potential risks, and provide recommendations for strengthening response and control measures. Despite insecurity, natural disasters and other...

29 September 2020 – The Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, in cooperation with health partners, began a polio vaccination campaign in 10 provinces of the country on 28 September. The campaign will be conducted for 5 days, during which 2 million children under 5 will be vaccinated across 112 districts of Paktia, Paktika, Khost, Ghazni,...

Kabul, 14 September 2020 – Polio vaccinations campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan 6 months into the COVID-19 pandemic that has left over 9.9 million children under 5 years of age exposed to poliovirus. Subnational Immunization Days (SNIDs) for polio eradication are planned from 14 to 18 September in 20 provinces of the east, west, south,...

Zha Hyoung Rhee, H.E. the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Afghanistan, and Dr Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for Afghanistan, sign grant agreement 14 September 2020- The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Afghanistan signed a grant arrangement with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan today to support a new project aimed at...

19 August 2020 – Almost 6 months since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Afghanistan, the number of cases continues to rise. Ravaged by decades of war, socioeconomic instability and insecurity, the country has long been in a protracted humanitarian crisis. The growing public health emergency due to the pandemic, has made things worse....

“I have been there, and it is not easy” Muhammad HussainMuhammad Hussain, a 38-year-old resident of Barakhil village in Nazian District of Nangarhar province, sits at his home anxiously clutching his hands while recounting his experience of contracting and recovering from COVID-19. On 4 July, Hussain’s day began just like any other but within a few hours he...

5 July 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered a shipment of essential COVID-19 medical supplies and equipment to the Central Medical Store of the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan. The shipment worth US$ 1.6 million includes 9.5 tons of personal protective equipment (gloves, gowns, surgical masks, face shields, goggles), 10 PCR...

April 2020 - European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid has furthered its generous funding to WHO Afghanistan with an additional €2.8 million to the WHO Health Emergencies Programme to support the country’s fight against COVID-19. The European Union Humanitarian Aid has been a long-term partner to WHO Afghanistan and in January 2019, it...

Kabul, 13 April – H. E. Ferozuddin Feroz, Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan (MoPH), Dr Rik Peeperkorn WHO representative and Mr Luigi Pandolfi, Head of European Commission for Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) received COVID-19 medical supply cargo at the Hamid Karzai International Airport today. Under the leadership of the Government of the Islamic...