Improve access of vulnerable population to emergency health supplies, and primary health care in undeserved areas With the history of almost 40 years of continuous conflict, the unresolved peace negotiation, and withdrawal of foreign military forces from the country, Afghanistan remains one of the countries with largest number of people in need of humanitarian assistance (18.4 million people as per HNO 2021). The situation is combined with frequent natural disasters, mass population movements, mass casualty incidents, and outbreaks of communicable diseases which have rendered Afghanistan as one of the world’s most complex humanitarian emergencies. 
The direct consequences of violence and the war-induced breakdown of public health, security, and infrastructure in Afghanistan has killed millions of Afghan civilians and seriously injured hundreds (Source: Oxfam International amp OCHA). The current fragile and unpredictable situation following complete take over of Afghanistan by Taliban, call for attention of the cluster partners especially health sector to prepare for uncertainties while ensuring resume of the essential health services in conflict affected areas.

With recent situation and change of control towards Taliban, WHO remained the central point for supporting the health cluster member NGOs and the health system with supplies, equipment, medical and trauma kits. Meanwhile looking at the current situation with the international airports and flights are off for the routine air transport and will be off for at least 4-8 weeks time depending the country situation will increase the demand for supplies particularly emergency medical kits. Likewise, the additional need for emergency health in the areas in previously inaccessible areas is also a huge gap to be addressed. 

WHO during the months of June and July distributed 1180 IEHK basic full kits, 37 Trauma Emergency Surgical Kits (TESK ) full kits, 11 cholera full kits, 119 IEHK basic kits, 97 TESK kits, 17 cholera kits and 7 IEHK supplementary kits, looking the changed situation, WHO intends to the proposed AHF grant to ensure that the gaps of supplies and resumption  of emergency primary health care is in place in the previously inaccessible and hard to reach areas. additionally, the blood bank services as being a very important part of the trauma care will also be part of the project with a specific focus on staff capacity building as the equipment and supplies are covered through other donors.

In addition to the supplies, WHO will use the grant to refurbish some health facilities damaged during the recent conflict to ensure the catchment population have access to essential primary health care. likewise WHO will deploy temporary mobile health teams in the previously inaccessible areas to ensure people are benefited from the PHC services. in general, this project will contribute to decreasing morbidity and mortality of the people living in hard-to-reach and white areas by supplying essential medical kits and  deploying MHTs in hard-to-reach areas, rehabilitation of health facilities damaged during war, and capacity building of healthcare staff. 

The beneficiaries will include all those patients will come to health facilities including IDPs, and host communities.

Targeted Population:
1. Population in conflict affected areas
2. Populations in undeserved areas (conflict affected and remote areas)
3. IDPs
4. Host communities hosting high number of IDPs

The calculation of beneficiaries will be based on the following records:
1. Health Management Information System (HMIS) data from Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)
2. WHO Health Information Management (HIM) data
3. Humanitarian data as collected by Health Cluster
4. Hospital records
5. Past data where applicable
6. Distribution of supplies where applicable

The indirect beneficiaries will be the hosting communities.