UN Warns: 500 Health Centers in Afghanistan at Risk of Closure Due to Aid Cuts - Khaama Press

UN Warns: 500 Health Centers in Afghanistan at Risk of Closure Due to Aid Cuts - Khaama Press

The UN warns that U.S. aid cuts will lead to the closure of 500 health centers in Afghanistan, impacting millions. Andrew Saberton, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), warned that a $102 million reduction in U.S. aid would deprive 6.9 million Afghan women and children of essential healthcare services. This budget cut will significantly affect the operations of UNFPA’s health centers in Afghanistan, with 500 out …

6pm News 15 May 2025

The deputy executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned that Afghanistan is facing a “dual humanitarian crisis,” following a recent visit to the country, highlighting the compounded effects of economic collapse and ongoing restrictions on women’s rights. The post 6pm News 15 May 2025 appeared first on Amu TV.

A Mother Dies Every Two Hours in Afghanistan as Health System Nears Collapse: UN – KabulNow

A mother dies every two hours in Afghanistan from preventable pregnancy or childbirth complications, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned, as severe funding cuts push the country’s already fragile health system toward collapse. The post A Mother Dies Every Two Hours in Afghanistan as Health System Nears Collapse: UN appeared first on KabulNow.

UNFPA warns that funding cuts in Afghanistan threaten lives of millions

Drastic funding reductions to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are endangering the lives and well-being of millions in Afghanistan, where access to maternal and reproductive healthcare remains a lifeline for women and girls in one of the world’s most acute humanitarian crises. On a recent visit to Afghanistan, UNFPA’s Deputy Executive Director Andrew Saberton, visited clinics in Kabul, Bamiyan and along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border …

Funding cuts in Afghanistan mean ‘lives lost and lives less lived’

In a remote village clinic in the Bamyan Province in Afghanistan last week, a group of teenage girls were given potentially life-saving reproductive health advice, excited by the small kit of menstrual supplies they had been given.

The Taliban deny women in Afghanistan access to more and more courses of study. Here, a journalist talks about two young female students fighting for their right to education. ...more