Afghanistan

  • Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan
  • From: 01/01/2025 to: 31/12/2025
  • Published: 19/12/2024
  • Coordinated by: OCHA

Nutrition

Population
Financials
  • People in need
    7.8 million
  • People targeted
    6 million
  • Core reached
    2.7 million
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  • Overall reached
    5.3 million
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  • Overall reached %
    87.9%
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  • Requirements ($)
    $296.4 million
  • Funding ($)
    $102.3 million
  • % Funded
    34.5%

Cluster Objectives

CO1

Increase equitable access and utilization of quality lifesaving curative nutrition services for early detection and treatment of acute malnutrition for girls and boys under five years of age and PLW affected by acute malnutrition by the end of 2025

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Contributes to
  • Specific Objective
    • 1.2
  • Strategic Objective
    • 1
Indicator Unit Target Measure Progress
[Output]Number of girls and boys aged 6-59 months with SAM who are admitted for treatment and recover
Children
823,942
461,339
functions
[Output]Number of girls and boys aged 6-59 months with MAM who are admitted for treatment and recover.
Children
1,812,422
1,208,204
functions

CO2

Increase equitable access and utilization of quality lifesaving preventative nutrition-specific service delivery for children, and women by the end of 2025

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Contributes to
  • Specific Objective
    • 1.2
  • Strategic Objective
    • 1
There is no caseload or indicator available

CO3

To increase equitable access to quality lifesaving preventative nutrition-sensitive services in prioritized setting through joint inter-cluster programming by the end of 2025

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Contributes to
  • Specific Objective
    • 1.2
  • Strategic Objective
    • 1
There is no caseload or indicator available

CO4

To strengthen capacities for rolling out improved and effective surveillance, programming and coordination mechanisms

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Contributes to
  • Specific Objective
    • 1.2
  • Strategic Objective
    • 1
There is no caseload or indicator available
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Nutrition | Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan 2025
https://humanitarianaction.info/plan/1263/ge/7909


Population data by location for the cluster

12-Feb-2026


Population data by location for the cluster

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PAKTIKA, SOUTHEASTERN AFGHANISTAN, A boy works in a wheat field near the center of Gyan district in Paktika Province, which was affected by the earthquake.

Nutrition

For five consecutive years, acute malnutrition among children under five remains at approximately 3 million, with projections rising to 3.5 million in 2025, including 857,000 children with severe acute malnutrition. Maternal malnutrition persists, with over 1 million acutely malnourished PLWs. The 2024 IPC Acute Malnutrition (AMN) analysis shows the deterioration in 10 provinces compared to the 2022 IPC AMN.
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