Improving access to lifesaving healthcare, nutrition and protection services for the drought-affected populations in Herat and Nangarhar provinces

About this project

ltpgtHealthNet TPO will implement this project in Adraskan, Kushk and Gulran districts of Herat and Kot district Nangarhar provinces identified as drought affected districts by AHF. This project addresses the Health, Nutrition and Protection needs of the drought affected and other people in need. This project will provide the Primary health, nutrition and protection services through eight Emergency Health Units in Herat and Nangarhar provinces.ltbrgt1.6.1. Target locationsltbrgt Herat: Kushk (two EHUs), Adraskan (one EHU) and Gulran (two EHU) districtsltbrgt Nangarhar: Kot district (three EHUs)ltbrgt1.6.2. Project servicesltbrgtExpanding primary health care services in drought affected areas and underserved/hard-to-reach areas through five Emergency Health Units (EHU) in Herat and three EHUs in Nangarhar provinces. Each EHU will have a medical doctor, one nurse, one midwife, two vaccinator (one male and one female), two Psychosocial support officer (one male and one female), One female nutrition counselor and two non-clinical staff (guard and cleaner) in the staff structure. The EHUs will function as fixed centers providing integrated health, nutrition, and protection services to the drought-affected, IDP, and host communities and conduct regular outreach visits to drought-affected areas, IDP camps, and outbreak-prone locations to deliver essential health, nutrition and protection services.ltbrgtDue to the delay in signing the MoU between MoPH and HNTPO, and the MoPH's reque…

Published by

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs · National NGO

Countries

Afghanistan

Sectors

Multisector aid

Funded by

Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund

Implemented by

Healthnet International and Transcultural Psychosocial Organization

Accountable

Healthnet International and Transcultural Psychosocial Organization

Published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Jan 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-OCHA-CBPF-CBPF-AFG-25-R-INGO-37758.

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