Save the Children has established two health service delivery points (SDPs) in the Daman district of Kandahar province with funding from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operation (ECHO HIP), to support returnee families in health and nutrition in the Daman district of Kandahar. These two health SDPs are part of the Spin Boldak Kandahar Emergency Response.

Through these Health SDPs, people receive support for various health issues, including mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), outpatient treatment, health education, immunization (Expanded Programme on Immunization), nutrition, and family planning, as well as antenatal and postnatal care.

Hamida*, a 30-year-old mother of three children who recently returned from Pakistan, has visited the site three times to receive health services. She thanked Save the Children for providing health and nutrition services, stating, “My husband is jobless, and we have no money to pay for our children’s health in a private hospital. So, we are happy that whenever we have a health issue in the family, we can come to this center and receive medicines, allowing our patients to recover quickly.”

According to Saboor*, a Save the Children doctor, most of the returnees settled in the Daman district live in very poor conditions. During Ramadan, they typically examine 80-90 patients who have common colds, musculoskeletal diseases, and anemia in adults, while common cases in children include acute respiratory infections, acute watery diarrhea, and ear, nose, and throat issues.