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WHO and partners provide lifesaving support for mothers and newborns in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan
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...
United to end tuberculosis across Afghanistan
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...
Eighty percent of WHO-supported facilities in Afghanistan risk shutdown by June
17 March 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan is deeply concerned that funding shortages could force the closure of 80% of WHO-supported essential health care services. Millions, including vulnerable populations such as women, children, the elderly, the displaced and returnees, will be left without access to...
Afghanistan’s new National Health Policy (2025–2030): a roadmap to a healthier future
12 March 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – In a landmark step towards strengthening Afghanistan’s health care system, the Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) and World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan, in collaboration with national health partners, have launched the National Health Policy (NHP) 2025–2030. The Policy encapsulates a new vision...
In Afghanistan recovery from addiction means a new chance at life
A social counselor at the DATC visits Nargis and her new baby. Photo credit: WHO Afghanistan 6 March 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – Nargis, 26,* grew up in Guzara district, Herat province, where poverty shaped much of her childhood. At 15, she married a much older man and soon gave birth to her first son, Jawid. She had hoped motherhood would bring...
WHO maintains lifesaving health care services in Afghanistan with the support of Japan
19 February 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the generous contribution of US$ 500 000 from the Government of Japan to strengthen essential health care services for vulnerable populations, particularly women and children, during Afgfhanistan's ongoing humanitarian crisis. Afghanistan continues to grapple with...
The struggle to access cancer care in Afghanistan
Patients in the outpatient chemotherapy ward undergoing chemotherapy. Photo credit: WHO 11 February 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – In the remote mountains of Afghanistan, where the air is thin and the roads treacherous, a silent battle is being fought against an invisible enemy – cancer. For many people living in outreach areas, the journey to the...
WHO-supported health facility in Ghor province makes childbirth safer for mothers
21 January 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – In the rugged beauty of Ghor province, western Afghanistan, lies a story of hope and transformation. For 24-year-old Gul Chehra, who lives in a remote village in Shahrak district, motherhood once meant fear and uncertainty. The isolation of her village, tucked amid snow-capped mountains and accessible only by a...
UN Envoy to Afghanistan visits the Women and Children Drug Treatment Centre in Kabul
Assistant Secretary-General for Support Operations Lisa M Buttenheim is welcomed by children presenting flowers on her arrival at the Women and Children Drug Treatment Centre in Kabul, 7 December 2024. Photo: WHO Afghanistan 22 December 2024, Kabul, Afghanistan – Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Afghanistan Rosa...
First contact health workers improve survival rates in Afghanistan with basic emergency care skills
20 November 2024, Kabul, Afghanistan – Since the introduction of the basic emergency care (BEC) course in Afghanistan in December 2021, WHO has provided 18 rounds of BEC training to a total of 800 first contact health workers, including 333 women, who care for patients with acute illness or injury. By adopting a systematic approach to the initial...
