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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-31 March 2025
Highlights:22.9 million people, including 12 million children, require humanitarian assistance, mainly due to the residual impacts of a protracted conflict, extreme climate shocks and severe economic decline, characterized by high unemployment and fragile recovery.More than 829,000 children were screened for wasti...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-30 September 2024
HighlightsMore than six million people accessed essential health and nutrition services at UNICEF-supported health facilities. Half of the people reached were children under five.442,025 children and caregivers (50 per cent women and girls), including 663 children with disabilities, accessed prevention, risk mitig...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-31 May 2024
HighlightsOn 10 and 11 May, heavy rainfall and flash floods struck northeastern Afghanistan, affecting 21 districts across Badakhshan (5), Baghlan (10) and Takhar (6) provinces. The weekend’s rains caused the largest flooding event in Afghanistan so far this year. Preliminary reports suggested that 180 people had ...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-30 April 2024
HighlightsBetween 10 and 16 April 2024, Afghanistan experienced heavy rains and flash floods across the central, central highlands, northern, northeastern, southern and western regions. Preliminary reports indicated that almost 1,590 families were affected, with 35 people killed, another 47 people injured, and 46 ...
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Flash Floods in Afghanistan - Situation Update No. 2
On 10 and 11 May, heavy rainfall and flash floods struck northeastern Afghanistan, affecting 21 districts across Badakhshan (5), Baghlan (10), and Takhar (6) provinces. To date, reports suggest that 347 people are confirmed killed and 1,651 injured. Approximately 7,800 homes were either destroyed or damaged, leavi...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-31 March 2024
Highlights• 23.7 million people, including 12.3 million children, need humanitarian assistance in 2024, mainly due to the residual impacts of a protracted conflict, extreme climate shocks and the country's severe economic decline, which is characterized by high unemployment and a fragile recovery.• Heavy rainfall ...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1 January-31 December, 2023
Highlights In 2023, Afghanistan continued to grapple with the consequences of four decades of conflict, entrenched poverty, climate-induced crises, and barriers to women’s equality and participation in public life. Additionally, more than 489,000 Afghan returnees from Pakistan have been registered since 15 Septem...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-30 November 2023
Highlights Since 15 September, 428,300 Afghan returnees from Pakistan have been registered, with numbers increasing from fewer than 200 people per day in early October to more than 17,000 people per day by early November. UNICEF continues to support the response at the Torkham and Spin Boldak Borders with Health, ...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-31 October 2023
Highlights • Communities in Herat Province were impacted by a series of shallow and strong (6 Magnitude+) earthquakes and aftershocks from 7 October, impacting an estimated 1.6 million people who experienced high intensity shaking (MMI 6+) including more than 275,000 people who were directly affected in nine distr...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-30 September 2023
Highlights In September 2023, more than six million people received essential health and nutrition services at UNICEF-supported health facilities. Half of the people reached were children under five. 246,792 children and caregivers (43% girls and women) including 1,134 children with disability were reached with ch...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-31 August 2023
Highlights 152,198 AWD with dehydration cases were reported from 333 districts since January 2023, of which 87,242 (57%) were children under the age of five and 75,747 (50%) were females. UNICEF continues to scale up health, WASH and social behaviour change interventions in response to the increase of reported acu...
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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-31 July 2023
Highlights: · Across the country flooding affected over 6,000 people in July, killing at least 40 people, as well as destroying farmlands and severely impacting livelihoods. UNICEF and partners participated in interagency needs assessments and provided emergency WASH, Education, Health Nutrition and Child protecti...