UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-30 April 2023

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Highlights

• UNICEF supported 573,388 children (59 per cent girls) with education services through 17,856 community-based education classes in 30 provinces.
• 617,919 children and caregivers, including 882 children with disabilities, were reached with a range of child protection services including case management, explosive ordinance risk education, and mental health and psychosocial support.
• April saw an increase in cases of infectious diseases such as acute watery diarrhoea (AWD).
• In high-risk areas, 86,414 people, including drought-affected and internally displaced people, received essential WASH supplies.
• Urgent funding is needed for emergency health and WASH activities to prevent the spread of AWD/cholera.
• More than 48,800 children (56 per cent girls) received life-saving treatment for severe wasting, following the screening of 1.3 million children aged 6-59 months.

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UNICEF Afghanistan