Geographical Locations - Afghanistan

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 6,430
• CIA - World Factbook : Afghanistan

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - Country profile - Afghanistan
  - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) in Cairo, Egypt
• WHO Tobacco Control Country Profile
• WHO Environmental Burden of Disease Country Profile
• UNDP- Afghanistan
• UNHCR Afghanistan
• UNIFEM Afghanistan
• United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

Government

• Islamic Republic of Afghanistan homepage

Non-Government

• Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit
  The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research organisation whose mission is to conduct and facilitate action-oriented research and learning that informs and influences policy and practice. AREU also actively promotes a culture of research and learning by strengthening analytical capacity in Afghanistan and creating opportunities for analysis, thought and debate.
• AIMS
  Afghanistan Information Management Service - "The AIMS project is building information management capacity in government and delivers information management services to organisations across Afghanistan"
• British Agencies Afghanistan Group (BAAG)
  The BAAG project was set up by British NGOs in 1987 as an umbrella group to draw public attention to the humanitarian needs of the population of Afghanistan and of Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan. BAAG provides regular information on the political, economic and security situation in Afghanistan and is an effective network for international NGOs operating in Afghanistan.
• Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
  "established in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1977 as an independent political organization of Afghan women fighting for human rights and for social justice in Afghanistan

Academic Institutions

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Afghanistan: Commitment to development key to return of remaining displaced people: A profile of the internal displacement situation
  Four years after the fall of the Taliban, an estimated 153,000 people remain displaced in Afghanistan, with the largest concentration in the south of the country near Kandahar. This document published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre profiles the plight of these refugees.
• Afghanistan's New Beginnings Programme
  The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) are supporting the Afghan Government’s efforts to honourably decommission the Afghan Military Forces (AMF) through the Afghanistan’s New Beginnings Program (ANBP). This is a step towards restoring national security and creating an enabling environment for further Security Sector Reform.
• Securing Health: Lessons from Nation Building Missions
  This monograph presents the results of research conducted by the RAND Corporation on the health component of nation-building operations. The purpose of the research was to analyse the activities that countries, international institutions, and non-governmental organizations undertake in rebuilding public health and health care delivery systems after major conflict. In addition, this monograph outlines key principles for the success of such reconstruction efforts and identifies lessons for future nation-building operations.
• Women's Health and Human Rights in Afghanistan
  "The Taliban regime’s restrictions on women’s human rights represent some of the most deliberate forms of discrimination against women in recent history. They have compounded profound suffering due to more than 20 years of war, extreme poverty, periodic drought, lack of infrastructure and economic stagnation in Afghanistan....This population-based study by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) documents the degree to which Afghan women perceive that violations of human rights by the Taliban regime are responsible for affecting their health and well-being."

Educational Resources

• CDC - Travel Information : South Asia
• Donor Assistance Database
  DAD provides a tool for tracking reconstruction and humanitarian projects operating in Afghanistan, where the projects are operating, who finances them, and which organization implements them. It was established by the government of Afghanistan with the assistance of the UNDP drawing on best international practice.