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Event highlights urgent need for action on mental health and substance use disorders in Afghanistan
Panel discussion during the "Deepening crisis: Mental health and substance use disorders paralysing Afghan society" side event at the 67th session of the CND. Photo credit: EU/Karolina Lagiewka 25 March 2024, Vienna, Austria –Panellists, policy-makers and stakeholders convened on 21 March 2024 to address the pressing challenges around mental...
Mental health and substance use disorders in Afghanistan: high-level side event at the 67th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna
WHAT:The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Union (EU) and the Government of Japan are hosting a high-level side event titled “Deepening crisis: Mental health and substance use disorders paralysing Afghan society”.This event will be held on the sidelines of the 67th session of the...
Changing lives for the better at Nangarhar’s drug addiction treatment centres
14 March 2024 – Afghanistan has nearly 4 million drug users – roughly 10% of the population. In Nangarhar province, in the east of the country, WHO-operated drug addiction treatment centres are helping affected people to turn their lives around. Abdul, aged 38 years and from Nangarhar province, has been taking various drugs for the past 10 years. He...
A “female hero” empowers women in her work as a health professional in Badakhshan, Afghanistan
11 March 2024 – Dr Noshin Guhar Karimi is WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) Officer in Badakhshan province, northeast Afghanistan. She has been working with WHO for more than a year to support implementation of WHO initiatives in Badakhshan, her native province, and promote inclusion. For International Women’s Day, she shared her touching story...
Japan’s ambassador to Afghanistan visits WHO-supported health initiatives in Nangarhar
H.E. Ambassador Takayoshi Kuromiya at the 20-bed Adolescent DATC in Jalalabad. Photo credit: WHO/Zakarya Safari 7 March 2024, Kabul, Afghanistan – His Excellency Mr Takayoshi Kuromiya, Ambassador of Japan to Afghanistan, visited Nangarhar province last week, accompanied by WHO, to observe various health initiatives in the country. This visit...
KSrelief, AHTF and WHO partner to improve maternal and child health in Bamyan, Afghanistan
5 March 2024, Kabul, Afghanistan – King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has committed US$ 1.1 million via the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (AHTF) to enhance the quality of maternal and child health services in Bamyan province, Afghanistan. This funding is being facilitated by the Islamic Development Bank and the...
Resilience and recovery: 100 days after the Herat earthquakes
22 January 2024 – More than 100 days after the earthquakes in Herat province in western Afghanistan, many survivors are still living in makeshift tents and temporary shelters. Amid the harsh winter conditions, their situation remains precarious. To date, WHO and 20 health partners have provided health services to 102 655 people across the Gulran,...
Japan and WHO strengthen partnership to improve health service delivery in Afghanistan
Dr Luo Dapeng, WHO Representative in Afghanistan, and Mr Kiyoshi Amada, Chief Representative of JICA, during the signing ceremony for a US $6.9 million joint project 21 January 2024, Tokyo, Japan – A delegation from the World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan, led by WHO Representative in Afghanistan Dr Luo Dapeng, recently visited Japan to...
Reaching earthquake-affected people in Herat, Afghanistan, with essential health services
Shokria, a resident of Injil district in Herat. Copyright: WHO/Zakarya Safari 16 January 2024 – On a cold winter morning, 21-year-old Shokria visited a WHO-supported health centre close to where she lives in Herat province, western Afghanistan. On arrival, she waited with a dozen other women from the area to see a doctor. Her name was called after...
Japan supports WHO to strengthen response capacity for infectious diseases in Afghanistan
17 December 2023, Kabul, Afghanistan – The Government of Japan, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has announced a significant commitment of US$ 6.9 million to strengthen the response capacity for infectious diseases in referral hospitals in Afghanistan. This initiative...
