Strengthening Health and Nutrition Services for Returnees and Vulnerable Communities in West Region (SHAN)

About this project

ltpgtThe project aims to strengthen health and nutrition services for returnees and host communities in underserved areas of Herat and Farah provinces, focusing on recent returnees from Iran. It will establish or support five preferably existing but currently vacant health facilities — three in Herat (Injil, Adraskan, and one additional returnees priority district) and two in Farah (Qala-e-Kah and Farah City) — to ensure rapid and cost-effective service delivery in areas where other health actors are absent. These facilities will be Basic Health Centers (BHCs) to provide standardized and sustainable primary healthcare services.ltbrgtThe project provides integrated primary healthcare, including Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH), Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS), nutrition screening and treatment, vaccination, emergency health services, and referral mechanisms. As WHO provides PHC medicine kits for returnee response projects under AHF, medicines and consumables budgeted are tentative and focused on items not covered by WHO supplies. Similarly, medical equipment will be procured based on facility-specific needs — if some equipment is already available, alternative essential items will be purchased to fill remaining gaps.ltbrgtBy targeting high-need, high-population areas, the project addresses both immediate life-saving needs and longer-term community health resilience. The health facility approach maximizes coverage while minimizing start-up costs, and a…

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

Women Activities and Social Service Association

Accountable

Women Activities and Social Service Association

Published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 4 Aug 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-OCHA-CBPF-CBPF-AFG-25-R-NGO-37472.

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