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WHO Afghanistan Monthly Programme Update: September 2017, Emergency Humanitarian Action

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KEY UPDATES:

  • The health cluster partners served 79,924 beneficiaries during September. Almost 62% of the beneficiaries were female and 38%were male.

  • A total of 26,357 returnees received outpatient diagnosis and emergency primary health care services, including TB screening, at the Torkham crossing point.

  • 258 families (1,311 individuals) of documented returnees arrived from Pakistan through Spin Boldak. 303 patients among documented returnees were treated by a health facility for which WHO supplied medicines.

  • 244 families (1,507 Individuals) of undocumented returnees returned to Afghanistan through Spin Boldak border.

  • 8,012 children received vaccination by health partners.

  • Security remains a concern with an increase in the closure of health facilities.

  • AGE-related security incidents also hindered monitoring and supervision of health activities and have forced people to leave their homes.

PROGRAMME ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • In Kunduz, preparations, including recruitment of staff, are made to ensure operation of a trauma care unit in the regional hospital.

  • Takhar and Kunduz provincial hospitals organized Mass Casualty Management (MCM) simulation exercises.

  • National Immunization Day Campaigns were held on 24-29 Sep in the north and on 25-27 in southern regions. The campaigns targeted 2,932,517 children under the age of 5.

  • WHO delivered Trauma Care equipment to Fatimatul Zahra provincial hospital.

  • Trauma care services in Belandghar and Sultanpur Comprehensive Health Centers in Nangrahar were upgraded.

  • A Mass Casualty Management plan was activated as a precaution to expected incidences during Eid-al-Adha celebrations in Kandahar.

  • WHO and Emergency Health Action monitored and provided technical support for the health care of documented returnees. WHO distributed medical kits and medical supplies in the southern and eastern regions.

  • Two electro-chlorination kits were installed in Laghman province to provide chlorine stock solution for the purification of drinking water. Around 380 liters of chlorine stock solution was also distributed to almost 2,440 households.