Medical Committee Afghanistan-Netherlands

Medical Committee Afghanistan-Netherlands (MCAN) is an independent working group which has officially been established in 2014. Though it must be mentioned that MCAN started their activities back in 2010, when a group of young doctors formed a committee dedicated to help Afghanistan in the rebuilding process. This committee is a volunteering initiative, consisting of a multidisciplinary group of medical doctors and academics living in the Netherlands. We are committed to advancing and strengthening the level of health care in Afghanistan. Currently our projects aim at knowledge sharing. In the future MCAN wants to support and enable Afghan and other health professionals residing in the Netherlands to (temporarily) return to Afghanistan to offer short- or long term assistance and expertise to the health sector of Afghanistan. MCAN seeks to contribute to the improvement of easily accessible and quality healthcare services in Afghanistan. To achieve this, we aim to engage health professionals, academics, health- and financial organizations whom are interested in Afghanistan.