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2003
SCA Women´s Day Appeal: Mother and Child health care in desperate need of fundsPRESS RELEASE, Kabul, March 7, 2003 Afghanistan has the highest maternal morbidity and mortality rates in the world. According to a recent UN study, an estimated 1,700 women die per 100,000 live births. To improve the health of women and children the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan currently supports 40 specialised mother and child health care (MCH) clinics in rural areas in eastern, northern and south-eastern Afghanistan. Yet these efforts are just a fraction of what is needed to save women's lives in Afghanistan. » Read more... |
The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan moves to Kabul after 21 years in PeshawarPRESS RELEASE, Kabul, March 6, 2003 - This is a historic move. We have been waiting for this moment for 21 years. We almost moved in during the early 90s, but that time we were stopped by the escalating civil war. Now we strongly believe things have changed, there is a legitimate government and security in the capital is good, says Peter Bulling, acting Country Director of SCA. » Read more... |
SCA condemns armed attack on school consultantsPRESS RELEASE, Peshawar, March 2, 2003 On Saturday 1 March an SCA Toyota pickup was attacked in Tangi, Wardak province, between Ghazni and Kabul. Armed men fired several shots at the vehicle, which was carrying equipment for a teachers training course, two SCA school consultants and a driver. No person was injured in the attack, which is believed to have been specifically targeted at foreigners and NGO property. » Read more... |