Health
40% of Afghan Population Lacks Access to Health Services
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Despite millions of dollars being invested by the international community in Afghanistan for the improvement of health conditions, half of the population of Afghanistan still have limited or no access to health services.
Firozuddin Firoz the Minister of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said that 40 percent of people in the country has “no access” to health services.
He added that the construction of 206 health centers in 13 provinces will be started from today.
But he expressed his concerns regarding low budget allocation for the health sector.
“Last year, we had a budget of $255 million and we spent 88 percent of the budget. But this year, our budget is decreased to $150 million,” Minister Firoz said.
Meanwhile, Mujib Ul Rahman Samkanai, a member of the Afghan parliament complained over the quality of health services in remote areas of the country.
This comes as last year 172 health centers were inaugurated in 18 provinces of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces. MoPH still urges its stakeholders to recruit more women staff, build health centers and provide medicines to overcome the challenges.
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Health
Over 1 million women in Afghanistan malnourished last year: WFP
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A total of 1.2 million women in Afghanistan were malnourished last year, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.
Mona Shaikh, head of nutrition at WFP Afghanistan, said that the number of malnourished women is expected to increase this year.
On malnourished children, she said that their number will reach 3 million this year, but WFP will be able to assist only 1.6 million of them.
WFP warned that after foreign assistance cuts last year, it saw a rise in children’s admissions to malnutrition clinics in Afghanistan.
More than 23 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan this year, according to the United Nations. Over half of them are children.
Health
Public Health minister meets with head of the UN refugees agency
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Dr. Qalandar Ebad, the Minister of Public Health met with Leonard Zulu, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on Thursday in Kabul to discuss issues facing the health sector in the country.
Among the issues discussed was that of the establishment of new health centers for returnees in the country.
Ebad said the provision of better health services for compatriots and returnees was one of his priorities and requested the cooperation of this organization in this field.
Leonard Zulu assured Ebad of the organization’s continued cooperation.
Health
Ebad addresses gathering of health sector supporting organizations in Doha
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The Minister of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Qalandar Ebad on Thursday attended a meeting of health sector-supporting organizations in Doha, Qatar and spoke about the need to focus on certain areas of healthcare in the country.
In his speech, Ebad spoke of work needed to reform the health system, joint supervision, self-sufficiency of the health sector, standardization of health services at village and district level and provision of all-round health services.
He asked international colleagues in the field of health to work more on reducing administrative costs and delivering aid in a proper and correct manner.
Ebad said that if excessive administrative expenses are prevented, it will have a positive effect on the expenses in the field of health services.
He also emphasized that the release of the country’s frozen assets would be beneficial for the health sector especially for mothers and children.
It is a big and positive step for the independence of Afghanistan’s health system, development and standardization of health services, which should be taken by the international community, he said.
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