A USAID-funded program in Afghanistan achieved >90% TB-preventive treatment coverage for children under five in 397 facilities and 1,300 health posts. That protection is now gone as a result of project termination.

Date: 10/25

Region: Europe & Central Asia

Country: Afghanistan

Topic: Health

Policy Lens: Global Health Security

Additional Context: Before its termination, MSH’s USAID-funded program operated in 14 provinces, supporting hundreds of facilities to deliver basic health care to infants, children, and expectant mothers while diagnosing and treating TB, polio, and other infectious diseases. The closure cuts off access for thousands in remote districts and jeopardizes U.S. global-health security priorities, including containment of multidrug-resistant TB and polio at their source.

Source: MSH