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Audit of the UNFPA Country Office in Afghanistan

The fourth country programme was signed by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, represented by the Ministry of Economy and UNFPA. A programme steering committee was established under the leadership of Ministry of Economy with members from Ministries of Public Health, Women’s Affairs, Interior Affairs, the Central Statistics Organisation of Afghanistan, the Deputy Ministry of Youth Affairs, Kabul University and the Afghan Parliament. The committee meets annually to oversee the progress in programme implementation and provide strategic guidance.

UNFPA is the United Nations agency which leads global efforts to help ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.

UNFPA is mandated by the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994, to reduce infant and child mortality, reduce neonatal, maternal mortality, and increase access to reproductive health services including family planning. The Cairo Consensus placed these population and development issues within a human rights-based framework, and UNFPA is committed to integrating human rights into its work globally.

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Five years ago, the Socio-Demographic and Economic Survey (SDES) began as a major collaborative effort to create a snapshot of the situation of Afghanistan’s population today, down to the level of individual villages. Starting in Bamiyan province in 2011, the survey has completed this detailed mapping for six provinces, with more provinces in process.