USAID-Supported Program Aims To Facilitate Women’s Inclusion In Afghanistan’s Health Sector

IntraHealth International’s “VITAL”: In Afghanistan, Women Step Up to Fill Need for Frontline Health Workers
Mare Elston, technical services manager at USAID Promote: Women in the Economy (WIE), discusses the WIE program, which aims to “bolster women’s inclusion in Afghanistan’s mainstream economy” by encouraging women to “fill high-priority needs in maternal and infant care, vaccination, skilled nursing, and other health services” (2/22).

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