From Crisis to Care: How Digital Tools Could Support Women’s Reproductive Health in Afghanistan?

Atefa Sarwari

In Bamyan Province, a pregnant woman slipped on ice on her way to the hospital and began bleeding heavily. With no ambulance available, her family carried her in a wheelbarrow for nearly nine hours before reaching medical help. Such ordeals are not rare, maternal and infant mortality rates remain particularly high in Afghanistan’s remote regions, where access to skilled birth attendants is limited and winters make travel nearly impossible