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Afghanistan
9,899 Number of women aged 15-49 (thousands)1 4.84 Total Fertility Rate (TFR)1 26.3% Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception, Modern Methods2 1.2% Percent of women using IUDs Among Modern Contraceptive Users3 26.6% Percent of married women with unmet need for modern family planning2
1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, custom data acquired via website.
2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Model-based Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2024, custom data acquired via website.
3 UN Contraceptive Use by Method Data Booklet 2019.
AMOR Afghanistan Health Organization / AmeriCares
AmeriCares is an international disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization that provides immediate response to emergency medical needs and supports long-term humanitarian assistance programs around the world. As part of a global collaboration with the ICA Foundation, AmeriCares and its partner, American Medical Overseas Relief (AMOR), work together to operate the Afshar Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. A primary focus of Afshar Hospital is maternal and child care. The maternity department is staffed with three additional OB-GYN specialists, midwives and nurses. Each month this team delivers between 130 and 150 babies and provides pre- and post-operative care to approximately 20 C-Section patients. They also provide education to the new mothers on nutrition, breast feeding, family planning, birth spacing, and various other health topics.
