Afghanistan

– 72% of Afghanistan is now covered by mobile telephone signal, whereas only 1% has access   to a fixed telephone line.

– Laying infrastructure is difficult and uneconomic due to the constant conflict in the region,  so laying and maintaining landlines are dangerous.

– The country’s largest phone provider, Roshan, has therefore leapfrogged the need for         a fixed line telephone infrastructure and moved into the safer and cheaper wireless mobile sector.

• The company has 2 Million mobile subscribers in Afghanistan, making up 43% of the total market.

Progress with MDG’s: Afghanistan and Cambodia

1. Afghanistan reduced under 5 mortality rates
2. This is due to a health programme between 2002 and 2004
3. Programme focused on building new health centres
4. Cambodia aimed to tackle HIV
5. Introduced “100% condom scheme”
6. Condom use doubled amongst sex workers
7. HIV declined subsequently from 1.2 to 0.7 percent