The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that it provided essential health services to 6.6 million people across all 34 provinces of Afghanistan in August 2026.
The organisation said on Monday, October 12, that these services were delivered through 2,390 fixed health centres and 16 mobile health centres.
UNICEF added that during the same period, it provided 149,476 people with safe drinking water, while another 135,164 people gained access to basic sanitation services.
According to the organisation, 433,568 people received information on nutrition, vaccination, disease prevention, mental health, hygiene and the prevention of acute watery diarrhoea.
UNICEF stressed that the malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan continues to worsen.
According to the organisation, 3.7 million children in the country are suffering from wasting due to malnutrition, approximately one million of whom are experiencing severe malnutrition.
UNICEF also said that flash floods in August damaged homes, infrastructure, agricultural land, water supply systems and schools, affecting the lives of local communities.
