Integrated primary health and nutrition services in the areas of return for returnees and host communities in Nangarhar and Laghman provinces

About this project

ltpgtltbrgtOPHA is pleased to establish 9 static health centers to provide immediate assistance to vulnerable areas of return and host communities in areas of high return in Nangarhar and Laghman Provinces. Considering the AAP and RCCE principles, OPHA engaged the local community and PPHDs during the project’s design phase. OPHA proposes establishing 6 SHCs in the Khogiani, Kama, Mohmand Dara, Behsood, and Jalalabad districts of Nangarhar and 3 SHCs in Qargai and Alingar districts of Laghman province in the areas of high return as per the 5th reserve allocation 2025. The SHCs are accessible to people with disabilities. The project targets men, women, and children under five years, pregnant and lactating women, and persons with disability. These SHCs provide outpatient services to clients of all diversities, early detection and treatment of acute respiratory infections, ANC, PNC, institutional delivery, SRH services, IMCI, immunization, and MPHSS services. Also, the SHCs provide nutrition screening, growth monitoring, MIYCN counseling, treatment of SAM and MAM and AM-PLW, micronutrient supplementation, and referral of severely acute malnutrition with medical complications to a comprehensive nutrition center (IPD-SAM). The SHCs will further support the referral of severely ill cases from the community to the nearest health facilities by distributing the phone numbers of BPHS HFs with ambulance services to the clients to promote safe referrals. The SHCs structure consists of 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

Organization for People's Health in Action

Accountable

Organization for People's Health in Action

Published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 17 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XM-OCHA-CBPF-CBPF-AFG-25-R-NGO-37576.

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