Afghanistan: Humanitarian Action Plan 2010

Summary

Population
Food Security and Nutrition Complex Emergency
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Total Population 24,960,100 (NRVA 2007/8) Ta j i k i s t a n Ta j i k i s t a n Ta j i k i s t a n

Population by Area Rural: 18,537,900 (NRVA 2007/8) Tu rk m e n i s t a n Tu rk m e n i s t a n

Urban: 4,964,000
Tu rk m en is t a n Badakhshan Badakhshan
Jawzjan Kunduz Jawzjan Kunduz
Badakhshan Balkh Takhar Balkh Takhar
Kuchi: 1,458,200 Kunduz
Jawzjan
Balkh Takhar Sec. In ci dents Faryab Landm ine & UXO Casualtie s
Faryab Samangan
Samangan
Economic Status Sari Pul
Baghlan

Panjsher
Jan - Se p 2 00 9 Sari Pul
Baghlan

Panjsher
Jan - Sep 2009
Faryab % Vuln er ab le P op ulatio n Nuristan Nuristan
0 -6
Samangan Badghis
Parwan Kapisa 1 - 5 Badghis
Parwan Kapisa
Gross domestic product per U$ 964 in 2005 (Afghan Human Baghlan Food Insecure Bamyan
Kunar
Bamyan Laghman
Kunar
7 - 14
capita Development report 2007)
Sari Pul Kabul
Laghman
6 - 12 Kabul
Panjsher 9.54 - 19 .99 Wardak Nangarhar
15 - 25
Wardak Nangarhar

Badgh is
Nuristan
20.00 - 2 6.49 Herat
Ghor Logar 13 - 21 Herat
Ghor Logar 26 - 63
Parwan Kapisa Daykundi Daykundi
Paktya
% of population living on less 42% (UNDP) Kunar 26.50 - 3 3.51 Paktya
22 - 36
Bamyan Laghman Khos t Khos t
than U$ 1 per day 33.52 - 4 8.47 Ghazni Ghazni
Kabul Ir an
Ir an Uruzgan Uruzgan
Wardak Nangarhar 48.48 - 6 1.15
Health Herat Logar
Farah Paktika
Pakist an Farah Paktika
Pakist an
Ghor Zabul Zabul
Daykundi
Paktya
Life expectancy at birth 43 years Afghanistan also remains one of the
Kh ost
Ghazni Hilmand Kandahar
UNDSS estimated early 2009 that only Hilmand Kandahar most landmine and explosive
Infant mortality 129 per 1,000 live births Ir an Uruzgan
Nimroz
37% of the country could be
Nimroz
remnants of war – contaminated
categorized as ‘Low Risk/Permissive countries in the world (600sq KM
Under-five mortality 191 per 1,000 live births
Farah Paktika
Pak is t an aprox.), with over 2,000
Zabul environment’. The remaining zones of
the country was equally categorized as: communities (2,150) directly
Maternal mortality 1,600 per 100,000 live births
‘Medium risk/Unstable environment’ affected and on average 42
Malaria 298.2 per 100,000 Hilmand Kandahar (20.6%); ‘High risk/Volatile individuals killed or injured every
Nimroz environment’ (20.4%) and ‘High month, of which 59% are children.
TB 72,000 per year risk/Hostile environment’ (22.2%)
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• 7% of the children less than five The armed conflict in Afghanistan has intensified significantly
Main causes of morbidity Diarrhoeal disease 18.5% Ta j i k i s t a n
Fever 18.9%
years are acutely malnourished since 2001, as reflected by a 40% increase in the death toll
Tu rk m e n i s t a n
Respiratory illness 12%
• 21% of the pregnant and lactating Badakhshan during 2008 (2,118 reported civilian casualties during the
Gastric illness 11.9% Jawzjan
Balkh
Kunduz
Takhar
year) as compared with the previous year, and a 24%
women are estimated to be
Nutrition undernourished, also require Faryab
Samangan Inter nally Displ aced P eop le increase the first six months of 2009 in comparison to the
nutritional support. Sari Pul
Baghlan

Panjsher
In dividuals same period in 2008.
Malnutrition in under-fives Underweight 40% Badghis
Nuristan
27 - 3837
Parwan
Kapisa Kunar
(NNS2004) Stunting 54% 3838 - 11477
Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) 7%
Bamyan
Kabul
Laghman
Of the 1,561 reported civilian deaths between January and
11478 - 22704
Herat Ghor
Wardak
Logar
Nangarhar
22705 - 60652 August 2009, three times as many (68% of the total)
Malnutrition in non Pregnant Chronic Energy Deficiency 21% (BMI The population size of Afghanistan estimated on the basis of the NRVA Daykundi
Paktya were attributed to anti-government elements (AGEs)
women (NNS) <18.5) sampling procedure is close to 25 million people. The most striking Ghazni
Khos t
than to pro-government forces (PGFs), (22% of total).
Iron Deficiency : 48% Ir an According to UNHCR there are
feature of the Afghan population is its very young age structure. Some Uruzgan

Farah Paktika approximately

Pakist an 262,860 IDPs as of 30th
Dietary intake (NRVA 2007/08) a. Inadequate energy intake : 35% 49% (12 million) is under 15 years of age, whereas elderly of 65 and Zabul August and September 2009 proved to be the deadliest
b. Inadequate dietary diversity 46% September 2009.
over represent less than three percent of the total population. The months since August 2008 with 333 and 291 respectively
Education proportion under 15 is among the very highest in the world and Deportation of Afghan illegal migrants
Hilmand Kandahar
recorded conflict-related civilian deaths, which reflects the
significantly higher than that of neighbouring countries, ranging from Nimroz from neighbouring countries continued trend of increasing insecurity in recent months, as well as
Literacy Rates Female: 18%
Male: 49% 26% in Iran to around 39% in Pakistan and Tajikistan. Some of the during the year and between January election-related violence
Overview of the population status most urgent issues documented by the NRVA 2007/8 are resulting from and September 2009. The total figure
School Attendance (Primary) Female: 35.8% Afghanistan’s rapid population growth, continuous very high fertility amounted to 267,413 individuals.
Male: 64.2% • Population size around 25 million and significant immigration in recent years.
School Attendance (Secondary) Female: 6%
• Rapid population growth
Male: 18%
• Half the population under the age of 15
Teachers Female: 28% • Very high Total Fertility Rate of 6.3 children per woman
Male: 72%
• Very high infant mortality (111 per thousand live births) and
HAP 2010 Funds Requested: U$ 865,522,951
Food Security and Agriculture
under-five mortality (161)
Strategic Objectives:
Food insecure 31% of total population • Significant immigration (including refugees) In general, this plan aims to draw a boundary between
• Total number of households around 3.4 million needs that are important and chronic (in the sense that
Borderline food insecure 23% of the population
they stem from long-term poverty), which should be 1. Preparedness for and response to conflict and hazard events.
• Average household size of 7.3 persons addressed by the ANDS, and needs that are dynamic and
Distribution of food insecure Urban 31% 2. Mitigate the effects of conflicts and hazards for the protection of affected populations
population Rural 32% • Women’s mean age at first marriage: 17.9 years acute, hence requiring an immediate response to save lives
Kuchi 28% or prevent irrevocable harm. 3. Improve access to and by vulnerable populations and provide targeted safety nets
• More than half a million widows
Borderline food insecurity Urban 24% 4. Advocate for the protection of civilians and for the respect of international law and human rights
distribution Rural 47% • Population is overwhelmingly rural (74%) Funds Requested by Sector HAP 2010
Kuchi 39% (U$ Millions) HAP 2009
5. Ensure humanitarian programming complements and strengthens the link to early recovery and development assistance by gap-
filling
The focus of the humanitarian framework analysis is on the vulnerability of the population 6. Data collection and analysis
and their exposure to hazard events and conflict that results in increased risks of hardship.
A humanitarian strategy supports appropriate services or ‘safety nets’ that will reduce the
Funds Requested by Province
impact of the conflict and disasters.
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Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene Ta
Taj i k i s t a n
Disasters do not occur in
Policies, I nstitutions, isolation, but are affected by Tu rk m en is t an
Protection
the longer-term issues related Badakhshan
Humanitarian access, to physical, social and Jawzjan
Balkh
Kunduz
Takhar
Access to and control over economic factors. The impact Nutrition
assets and resources of emergencies and conflict on Faryab
Samangan
people also depends crucially Baghlan H AP - P roposal S ubm itted
Sari Pul
M ulti-Sector
on the types of institutions, Panjsher
Nuristan
Estimated Require ments
policies and processes that Badghis
Parwan 21,215,625 - 23, 73 2,062
Vulnerable Hazards Increased affect their access to and Bamyan
Kapisa Kunar
Health Laghman 23,732,063 - 30, 97 6,043
People Conflict risk of control of assets and
Kabul
Wardak Nangarhar
30,976,044 - 39, 17 3,694
Low level of assets Floods resources.
Earthquakes
disaster Food Security and
Herat
Ghor Logar 39,173,695 - 60, 85 6,958
Limited livelihoods Daykundi
Drought extreme hard ship Compounding the challenges Agriculture Paktya
Insecurity
destitution facing the Afghan people are Khost
Lack of voice in Landslide Ghazni
hunger ongoing issues of armed
Emergency
decision -making Extreme winder early death Teleccomunications Iran Uruzgan
Lack of social Avalanche conflict and vulnerability to
protection hazards including drought,
Farah Paktika
Pak istan
Pests Emergency Shelter
Zabul
Disease floods, extreme winters,
earthquake, landslides, rising
water and locusts alongside the Education
Hilmand
Longer Term Issues other key development issues. Kandahar
Nimroz
Basic Social Services: Education, Health, In reality Afghanistan is the
Water and Sanitation Sustainable world leader in most of the Common Services
Livelihoods: Agriculture, Food Security indicators of situations of
& Income Opportunities Vulnerability Framework humanitarian concerns.
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