The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that a funding shortfall has reduced the capacity to respond to the health needs of Afghanistan’s people and is putting the continuation of essential services in remote areas at risk.<\/p>\n
OCHA wrote on X on Sunday, 1 Sonbola, that health needs in Afghanistan are beyond available resources and that the health sector has so far been funded at only 37 percent.<\/p>\n
According to the agency, a total of $191 million has been requested for Afghanistan’s health sector, but only $71 million has been secured so far.<\/p>\n
OCHA said mobile health teams, supported by the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, are providing essential and life-saving health services to residents of remote areas where access to health facilities is limited.<\/p>\n
The agency added that the continuation of these services depends on securing more resources, and that the funding shortfall limits the ability to meet people’s health needs.<\/p>\n
OCHA is the UN humanitarian coordination agency and regularly reports in its updates on funding gaps in critical sectors, including health, in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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