The ICRC in Afghanistan
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Facts and Figures
In the first quarter of 2012, the ICRC:
- visited 1,484 detainees, 528 of them for the first time, and helped 10 ex-detainees return home;
- registered nearly 1,670 new patients, including 238 amputees, at the seven ICRC physical rehabilitation centres;
- distributed one-month food rations and household items to 20,248 families displaced by conflict or natural disaster;
- carried out hygiene-promotion sessions for some 10,450 people country-wide;
- briefed nearly 1,570 arms bearers, members of civil society, and beneficiaries of ICRC programmes on the mandate and work of the ICRC.
During the same period, Mirwais and Sheberghan Hospitals admitted 12,454 inpatients and held 31,445 outpatient consultations between them. In total, the two hospitals carried out 3,001 operations.
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