UNFPA supports the Youth Health Line (YHL), launched in 2012, as a nationwide, youth friendly health service to provide information and counseling for adolescents and youth on issues related to their health and reproductive health. The YHL is providing a vital service to young people around the country who are dialing the toll-free number ‘120’ from any phone to speak to a professionally trained youth health counsel...

Badghis, Afghanistan – The difficulty of an impending childbirth in a hard-to-reach area amidst financial constraints was a daunting challenge for 25-year-old Malalai, whose only hope was her family to reach out for medical help.

Helmand, Afghanistan – Neither Malalai nor her husband, who is a farmer and the family breadwinner, considered spacing between childbirths, which is why she gave birth for four consecutive years, leaving her in a vulnerable health condition.