
Communication and Education Organization for Development
Emergency Health Response:
ECOD has been providing emergency health response program for the affected and most vulnerable communities in conflict affected areas of the country. The emergency health response interventions designed to addresses dire immediate health needs of conflict affected vulnerable host and displaced populations and contribute to reduce the morbidity and mortality among the affected population.
Recent Earthquake in Herat province of Afghanistan
Afghanistan has suffered significant damage from a series of recent earthquakes amid an ongoing dire economic and hunger crises, killing and displacing tens of thousands combined.
The country has long been one of Asia’s poorest and has been ravaged by conflict for decades. But its ability to respond to natural disasters has been further hampered since the Taliban seized power in 2021 following the chaotic US withdrawal, an event that saw many international aid groups pull out.
It also led to Washington and its allies freezing about $7 billion of the country’s foreign reserves and cutting off international funding. The situation has crippled an economy already heavily dependent on aid.
CEOD is committed to provide following services in the emergencies:
Shelter, Food, Water Sanitation, Basic health care, Nutrition ,Transportation , Triage Cash assistance, Referral, Psychosocial support , Hygiene practices, and Temporary waste- disposal facility