8 July 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan is deeply concerned about the health needs of Afghan returnees, particularly women and children, who have been arriving in record numbers through border points with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. Since April 2025, more than 836 000 returnees have...

Residents of a remote village of Khost province gather to discuss health topics with community mobilizers. Photo credit: WHO Social Mobilizer 07 July 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan– For the inhabitants of Kaskay, a remote village deep in the mountains of Gurbaz district in Khost province, seeing a doctor or accessing vaccinations for children often felt...

25 May 2025, Baghlan, Afghanistan – Over the past 2 weeks, local health workers in Baghlan Province have been walking through the streets, knocking on doors, speaking in mosques, visiting schools and gathering with people in markets and homes. Their goal – to help their communities protect themselves from potentially fatal diseases like...

19 May 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – From 1 to 30 April, more than 250 000 Afghans returned from Pakistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran, including about 107 000 deportees. A crisis is unfolding at both major borders. Arriving returnees are exhausted, scared and traumatized as they face an uncertain future in a country where 22.9 million people depend on...

19 May 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – The continued influx of returnees from neighbouring countries is exacerbating existing public health issues in Afghanistan at a time when the country faces a complex array of challenges, including widespread population displacement, drought, food insecurity, multiple disease outbreaks and the lingering impacts of the...

Local patients receive essential health care services at a WHO-supported facility in Bamyan province. Photo credit: WHO Afghanistan12 May 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – In Afghanistan, years of conflict and economic hardship have exacted a heavy toll on mental health, leaving many struggling with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress and other...

6 May 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan, in collaboration with partners and with the generous support of the European Union (EU), inaugurated a new oxygen plant, 4 high-capacity generators and a pediatric bronchoscopy machine at Indira Gandhi Child Health Hospital in Kabul. The project helps address the...

WHO Representative in Afghanistan Dr Edwin Ceniza Salvador delivering a speech at the World TB Day 2025 commemoration ceremony, Ministry of Public Health13 April 2025  – On 24 March 2025, the Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan hosted a ceremony to commemorate World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, marked each year to raise public awareness about the...

27 March 2025, Bamyan, Afghanistan – In central Afghanistan’s Bamyan Province, thousands of mothers and children have better access to lifesaving health care thanks to an initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the...

24 March 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – To mark World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan is celebrating people like Ayub, a 76-year-old father of 8 from a remote village in Khider district, Daikundi province, who fought TB and reclaimed their health. A nurse visiting Ayub at the Afghan-Japan Hospital. Photo...