Akmal Younus receives trauma care at the WHO health facility, Zero Point Border in Islam Qala, Afghanistan. Photo credit: WHO27 August 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – Every day, thousands of returnees from Iran arrive at the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province. Exhausted from long journeys, fleeing hardship and seeking safety, many are sick,...

At a WHO-supported clinic on the Islam Qala border, health professionals provide emergency medical care to a returnee child. Photo credit: WHO Afghanistan 26 August 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan has received over US$ 6.3 million in humanitarian funding from the UN Office for the Coordination of...

WHO Representative to Afghanistan Dr Edwin Ceniza Salvador and Chargé d’Affaires of the EU Delegation to Afghanistan Mrs Veronika Boskovic during the event to mark the additional funding. Photo credit: WHO 05 August 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – WHO Afghanistan has received €7 million in additional funding from the European Union (EU) to expand,...

A young child rests in the ICU at Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health in Kabul, receiving critical care and oxygen therapy 31 July 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – The new oxygen plant – the result of a partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) –at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health (IGICH) in...

26 December 2024, Afghanistan’s health system is under immense pressure. In 2023, nearly two-thirds of the population – 28.3 million people – required humanitarian assistance, with more than 17 million in need of essential health services. For many families, especially women and children in remote and underserved areas, access to care is at best...

52 year old Bibi Maryam from Paktia Province receives hepatitis treatment at the National Infectious Disease Hospital in Kabul27 July 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – Hepatitis B is preventable through vaccination, and highly effective and affordable treatments for both hepatitis B and C are now available in generic form. Yet the World Health...

A dedicated healthcare provider conducting routine visits monitoring patient conditions at the Drug Addiction Treatment Centre. Photo credit: WHO Afghanistan 16 July 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan—At just 20, Nasrin from a quiet village in Bamyan had already lived through the darkness of drug dependence. What began with a single pill offered by someone...

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...