Over 9,000 facility-based health workers (50% of whom were women) were being mentored in lifesaving maternal and newborn care. The termination of a USAID program in Afghanistan ends these mentorships and simulation lab trainings in a country where one woman dies every two hours from pregnancy related causes.

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