Afghanistan is one of the countries where mortality rates among mothers and children are still concerning high. There are many challenges when it comes to access to healthcare for women in this country.

Twenty-nine-year-old Nooria, a resident of Nangarhar, had medical education but no work experience. After completing a WHO training, she is now running one of Nangarhar mobile health clinic in hard to reach areas to respond to people who are displaced by conflict. The clinic is equipped with an ultrasound machine, medication, and other medical machinery. Nooria now examines 20 to 30 female patients daily.

 “The WHO program helped me gain job-specific technical skills, which enabled me to get this job,” Nooria said. “I am now helping hundreds of women per week get healthcare services they need and that otherwise might not be available to them.”