The European Union provides additional 35 million euros in support of the people of Afghanistan in the fight against COVID-19
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Today the EU-Delegation in Kabul announced an additional support of 35 million euros to tackle the ongoing pandemic and mitigate its socioeconomic impacts in Afghanistan. Since the start of the pandemic, the EU has mobilised almost 147 million euros to address the immediate health crisis and provide humanitarian assistance to the people in need.
“The pandemic has exacerbated an already grim situation in Afghanistan, creating even bigger needs in a country for decades plagued by war. Together with partners and in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, the EU’s contribution aims to support those who suffer the most from this crisis. The three projects launched today will contribute to this further” says EU Ambassador Andreas Von Brandt.
(Last Updated On: January 26, 2021)
The World Health Organization’s COVAX programme has pledged $112 million for COVID-19 vaccines to reach 20 percent of Afghanistan’s population, an Afghan health official said on Tuesday.
Speaking to journalists, the deputy health minister, Waheed Majroh, said it would take about six months to get the vaccines.
The COVAX programme is a global scheme to vaccinate people in poor and middle income countries against the coronavirus and aims to deliver at least two billion vaccine doses by the end of 2021 to cover 20 percent of the most vulnerable people in 91 poor and middle-income countries.
Reuters reported that aside from COVAX, the country has also received a pledge of 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from India.
MoPH Should Have Clear Image About 2nd COVID-19 Wave: President Ghani
2020-12-17 رییس جمهوری، سرپرست وزارت معارف را به حضور پذیرفت
Kabul (BNA) President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani asked the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to present a clear image about the outbreak of second wave of Coronavirus in the country, the presidential Press Office said in a statement Wednesday.
Addressing a meeting held on the outspread of second wave of COVID-19 at the Charchenar Palace, the country’s president said the second wave of the virus was feared to cause health problems and that the ministry has to increase its ability to fight the disease.
UN strikes agreement with Taliban leaders to set up thousands of schools in insurgent areas
Some 4,000 schools in insurgent controlled territory will teach 120,000 primary school children
Credit: Omid Fazel
The United Nations has reached an agreement with the Taliban leadership to set up thousands of schools inside insurgent-controlled territory.
A nationwide scheme with the UN s children s body, Unicef, will see as many as 4,000 informal schools operate in Taliban territory in Afghanistan, after months of negotiations with militant envoys in Doha.
The agreement covers education for both boys and girls, but will begin with classes for just the first three grades of primary school, both sides told the Telegraph.