The World Health Organization has announced that the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation has donated more than one million dollars to Afghanistan.

According to the World Health Organization's statement, this aid is allocated to improve the quality of healthcare services for mothers and children in Bamiyan province.

Based on this announcement, the project will provide healthcare services to more than 134,000 pregnant and lactating women, as well as children under five years old.

"This project, with generous funding from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre and set to be implemented by the World Health Organization, will assist in enhancing equitable access to quality healthcare services for people in remote and rural areas through the construction of healthcare centers and improving the quality of maternal and childcare services." Said Walid Abdulwahab, the director of the Islamic Development Bank in Turkey.

Meanwhile, Jamshed Tanoli, the representative of the World Health Organization in Afghanistan, stated: "This project enables us to expand essential health services to some of the most deprived and remote areas of Afghanistan, especially focusing on the wellbeing of women and children. Furthermore, this project highlights the essential role of donors and partners of the World Health Organization, whose support allows the World Health Organization to effectively deliver lifesaving aid to those most in need."

Still, healthcare centers in some remote parts of Afghanistan lack sufficient equipment.

"In the past twenty years, the mortality rates of mothers, children, and infants have been high, and nothing has been done about the absence of clinics and professional staff, which were our major problems." Said Fawad Ibrahim, a doctor.

Shamim Mehrzad, a doctor, told TOLOnews: "Mothers and children in villages have very limited access to health services. Such aids could be vital and constructive for mothers and children if managed correctly, it could prevent the mortality of many mothers and children in villages."

Previously, the World Health Organization had expressed concern over the rising mortality rates of mothers and infants in Afghanistan; however, Qalandar Ebad, the acting minister of public health, has stated that maternal mortality in the country has significantly decreased compared to previous years.