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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Afghanistan


Country Typology: High disease risk, high intervention/policy environment

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 966 [719, 1295] 1

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 2

  • DALYs per 100,000: 221.12 [136.73, 337.63]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 3.51 [2.11, 5.46]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 5102.6 [4203.5, 6371.2] 3

Diet and Food Supply

Apparent Calcium Intake: 391.4 mg/day 4

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 5

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    Target Population: All pregnant mothers and for primary prevention of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.
  • Food-Based Recommendation:
    No recommendation

References:

1 Preterm Births - GBD Estimates
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 7/23/2025). For terms and conditions of use, please visit http://www.healthdata.org/about/terms-and-conditions

2 Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 9/16/2024).

3 Bone Fractures
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (GBD 2021). Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2022. Available from https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/. (Accessed 7/18/2025).

4 Apparent Calcium Intake
Updated for 2022 based on: Lividini, K., Masters, W.A. Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies. Nat Food 3, 703–715 (2022).

5 Antenatal Care Guidelines
Ministry of Public Health Afghanistan. National Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) Strategy 2017−2021. Published online 2017. Accessed July 26, 2023. http://old.moph.gov.af/Content/files/National%20RMNCAH%20Strategy%202017-2021%20English-Final.pdf