KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says the government of Japan has provided $3 million to support health care and psychosocial services for people affected by natural disasters in remote parts of Afghanistan.
In a statement released on Thursday (January 15), UNFPA said the funding will support a project aimed at strengthening integrated reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health, nutrition, and psychosocial support services for vulnerable and disaster-affected populations in hard-to-reach areas.
The project will be implemented through 60 health centers across the provinces of Daikundi, Faryab, Khost, Kunar and Paktika.
According to UNFPA, the initiative is expected to benefit around 210,000 people, including women, adolescent girls, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and children under five.
The beneficiaries will include internally displaced people, returnees from Iran and Pakistan, and underserved host communities in disaster-affected and remote areas. UNFPA also said 840 people with disabilities will receive health services under the project to ensure equal access to care.
“This substantial contribution from the people of Japan will enable UNFPA to significantly expand its outreach to some of the most marginalized communities in Afghanistan,” said Kwabena Asante-Ntiamoah, UNFPA’s Representative in Afghanistan.
