Afghanistan
Our work there at a glance:
- Hospital construction
- Support for a dialysis ward in Herat
- Nurse training programme
- Tutoring project
Afghanistan
Our work there at a glance:
- Hospital construction
- Construction and supervision of a dialysis ward
- Bau und Überwachung einer Dialysestation
- Tutoring project
Our goal
Improving medical care - especially in rural areas.
Cap Anamur is continuously working to improve medical care in Afghanistan – especially in rural areas. In addition to building hospitals and setting up a dialysis station, our measures also include training programmes for the local population, for example to become nurses or midwives.
Latest news
Project reports
Reconstruction Aid for Earthquake Victims in Afghanistan is Progressing
The earthquake in Afghanistan on October 7, 2023 almost completely destroyed some rural regions of Herat province. More than 1400 people lost their lives. Cap Anamur is providing reconstruction aid in the region.
Cap Anamur Continues to Provide Aid for Afghanistan
Despite the Taliban takeover in 2021, Cap Anamur remains active in Afghanistan and is improving career prospects for women in order to strengthen the healthcare system.
A Chance for Women in Afghanistan to have a Career Future
With our training course, we are offering women in Afghanistan the chance of a professional future and, as nurses, they will then contribute to the medical care of the Afghan population.
Reconstruction Aid for Afghanistan
Cap Anamur / German Emergency Doctors e.V. rebuilds completely destroyed homes in the earthquake region in Afghanistan.
Emergency Aid for the Earthquake Victims in Afghanistan
Cap Anamur / German Emergency Doctors immediately provides emergency medical aid for the earthquake victims in Afghanistan
Medical Care in Afghanistan – Cap Anamur Performs Over 3,895 Dialyses Annually
Since 2016, Cap Anamur has been supporting the dialysis unit at the provincial hospital in Herat. We provide financial resources and technical equipment for the operation. With this support, we are improving medical care in Afghanistan.
Key health data
Life expectancy
50/49 years
(women/men)
Infant mortality
113
per 1,000 births
Doctors
0,3
per 1,000 inhabitants
Cap Anamur engagement in Afghanistan
1987 - 19892001 – heute
The situation in Afghanistan
Political situation
For decades, Afghanistan has been a country with a complex security situation in which rival militia groups try to use the unclear power structures in the country’s 34 provinces for themselves, while the government’s sphere of influence usually does not extend beyond the capital Kabul. With the official end of the Afghanistan mission and the withdrawal of the USA and international troops, the situation in the country remains critical. The Taliban took power in the summer of 2021 and formed a government.
Social situation.
The situation of the civilian population in Afghanistan is persistently problematic. Many people flee war, violence and a lack of prospects. The result is an exodus of skilled workers and academics who could have made a major contribution to the social and infrastructural development of the country. Large parts of the country are chronically underserved in terms of medical care, and rural regions in particular lack doctors, midwives and health facilities. The long journeys to the few hospitals are not only dangerous for the rural population, but also expensive and hardly manageable for seriously ill or heavily pregnant women.
Cap Anamur builds clinics to sustainably improve health care in Afghanistan. With training programmes, locals are trained to become skilled workers, especially women.
Children playing in the village of Shade. Cap Anamur built a small hospital to provide medical care for 45,000 people in the Shade region.
Our engagement in Afghanistan
Training program for nurse practitioner
Nurse training programme and tutoring programme for children from low-income families
Cap Anamur offers a three-year training programme for nurses, which is aimed at participants from rural regions who commit themselves to returning to their home villages for a certain period of time after the training in order to improve medical care there. Previously, we had offered two training programmes for midwives and community health nurses over many years, with a total of over 200 graduates already working in rural areas. The new Taliban government makes our work even more difficult. Girls and women in particular have their access to education restricted. Currently, girls are only allowed to attend public schools up to grade 6, i.e. until the age of 12. Our tutoring project is directly affected by the Taliban’s hostility towards women and education. At the moment we are only allowed to teach boys.
Hospital construction
Hospital construction
In order to increase the number of medical facilities and the range of treatment in the country, we are building hospitals and handing them over to state hands after three years of operation. In the meantime, we have already built six full-fledged clinics. We also support one of the few dialysis units in the country, which performs about 2,100 dialyses per year with our help.
Establishment and supervision of a dialysis unit
Establishment and supervision of a dialysis unit
In the provincial hospital of Herat, Afghanistan’s second largest city, Cap Anamur supports the only state-run dialysis centre by providing financial resources and technical equipment. Since 2016, this has enabled us to provide vital treatment especially to people who cannot afford the cost-intensive dialysis procedure. At the beginning of 2021, we were also able to send two more dialysis machines, a donation from Münster University Hospital, to Afghanistan and perform even more life-saving dialyses in the future. In 2020, the dialysis unit we support in Herat performed a total of 3895 dialyses, on 1245 patients, including 56 children and 424 women.
Success in numbers
over 200 graduates
Midwives and Community Health Nurses already working in rural areas.
6 full-fledged clinics
built and already handed over into state hands.
3,895 Dialyses
funded in 2020.
What happens next
The events following the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s seizure of power in summer 2021 are changing the country. Our work has also been affected, but so far it has continued. Our long-standing project manager Faisal Haidari describes it this way: “The work continues – under much more difficult and insecure conditions and we are worried about the future of the country.” The Taliban’s measures to date have primarily affected girls and women in the country, whose access to education and equal rights is once again being severely restricted. In cooperation with our local contacts from the government and administration, we are trying to continue our projects as best we can – they are urgently needed.
