Afghanistan: Geo-political conditions conducive to Epidemics Badakhshan Takhar Kunduz Baghlan...
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Afghanistan: Geo-political conditions conducive to Epidemics Badakhshan Ta khar Kunduz Baghlan Jauzjan Samanga n Balkh Ghor Sar-e- Pol Faryab Badghis Herat Farah Bamyan Nimroz Helmand Kandahar Zabul Uruzgan Ghazni Kabul Paktika Parwan Kapisa Kunar Laghm a n Nangarhar Paktya Logar 22 years of war Front line Insecure areas Remote areas Drought Earthquakes Cholera outbreak in July- September2000
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Afghanistan: Geo-political conditions
conducive to Epidemics
Bad
akhs
han
Takha
r
Kunduz
Baghlan
Jauzjan
SamanganBalkh
Ghor
Sar-e-Pol
Faryab
Badghis
Herat
Farah
Bamyan
NimrozHelmand
Kandahar
Zabul
UruzganGhazni
Kabul
Paktika
Parwan Kapisa
Kunar
Lag
hman
Nangarhar
Paktya
Logar
22 years of war Front lineInsecure areasRemote areasDroughtEarthquakes
Cholera outbreak in July-September2000
Districts without EPI fixed centers
Measles Outbreaks 1998-99
1-3/2000
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Kunduz
Baghlan
Jauzjan
SamanganBalkh
Ghor
Sar-e-Pol
Faryab
Badghis
Herat
Farah
Bamyan
NimrozHelmand
Kandahar
Zabul
UruzganGhazni
Kabul
Paktika
Parwan Kapisa
Kunar
Lag
hman
Nangarhar
Paktya
Logar
Cholera outbreaks
Internally displaced populations
Afghanistan: current urgent problems
Risk for measles outbreaks, ARI and further spread of cholera!
Northen Regionarea(km2) census 97 1996 estimates
Herat 38798.8 769 111 967'270Badghis 21677.8 233 613 334'063Badakhshan 40885.8 497 758 711'306 Takhar 12325.3 519 752 746'089 Baghlan 17164.7 493 882 706'256
Bad
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Takha
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Kunduz
Baghlan
Jauzjan
SamanganBalkh
Ghor
Sar-e-Pol
Faryab
Badghis
Herat
Farah
Bamyan
NimrozHelmand
Kandahar
Zabul
UruzganGhazni
Kabul
Paktika
Parwan Kapisa
Kunar
Lag
hman
Nangarhar
Paktya
Logar
Afghanistan: estimated populations
Mazar-I-Sharif has a population of 1,000,000 (half of them are IDPs).
Source: The 1997 population figures are taken from the UNFPA database. The 1996 estimates are informal estimates
WHO structure and functions in Afghanistan
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Kunduz
Baghlan
Jauzjan
SamanganBalkh
Ghor
Sar-e-Pol
Faryab
Badghis
Herat
Farah
Bamyan
NimrozHelmand
Kandahar
Zabul
UruzganGhazni
Kabul
Paktika
Parwan Kapisa
Kunar
Lag
hman
Nangarhar
Paktya
Logar
The total number of staff is about 119 both in and outside Afghanistan. The WHO suboffices:• provide technical assistance to the local health authorities •MCH, immunization, training, etc..)• serve as epidemiological surveillance stations • supervise and manage WHO projects in their regions. • monitor drug distribution to basic services and hospitals. • represent WHO in all field-based coordination activities• with UN agencies and NGOs • All suboffices regularly report to WR-Afghanistan office.
WHO has 9 suboffices inside Afghanistan and a support office in Islamabad:
1. office in Jalalabad 32 staff2. Suboffice in Kabul 12 staff3. Suboffice in Faizabad 8 staff4: Suboffice in Kundoz 6 staff5. Suboffice in Ghazni 6 staff6. Suboffice in Mazar 7 staff7. Suboffice in Bamyan 5 staff8. Suboffice in Herat 9 staff9. Suboffice in Kandahar 7 staff10. Support office in Islamabad 27 staff
