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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

The EU and WHO collaborate to strengthen preparedness and response systems for outbreaks and health emergencies in Afghanistan. Photo credit: WHO/Z. Safari 23 November 2023, Kabul, Afghanistan – To combat epidemic-prone infectious diseases and strengthen health service delivery in Afghanistan, the European Union (EU) is providing €10 million (750...

16 November 2023, Kabul, Afghanistan –About 1.3 million Afghans are expected to return to Afghanistan, voluntarily or by force, as a result of the Government of Pakistan’s recent Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan. This sudden and increased flux of returnees, along with other related factors, poses significant public health concerns. In...

Dr Syed Jaffar Hussain, WHO Representative to the Islamic Republic of Iran, speaking to the participants of the workshop. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Iran 13 November 2023, Tabriz, Islamic Republic of Iran – WHO, in partnership with the G5 Secretariat and WHO collaborating centres, ran a successful 6-day training of trainers workshop to enhance...