ACTD Health

The project contributes to reduction of maternal, newborn and under-5 mortality, improvement in child health and nutrition, and development of the health system within the province. Basic health services are provided to the people in all 14 districts including the capital city Lashkargah through 65 health facilities (three District Hospitals, 14 Comprehensive Health Centers, one CHC plus, 32 Basic Health Centers, 13 Sub-Health Centers, a prison health center and a Mobile Health Team) and 455 Health Posts. Besides the services provision, 24 community midwives and 24 community health nurses will get pre-service training as part of capacity building component of this project.  The project serves the entire 925,758 provincial population.

The project contributes to reduction of maternal, newborn and under-5 mortality, improvement in child health and nutrition, and development of the health system within the province. Basic health services are provided to the people in all 10 districts including capital city Feroz-Koh (Chaghcheran) through 60 health facilities (two District Hospitals, eight Comprehensive Health Centers, 22 Basic Health Centers, 26 Sub-Health Centers, 1 prison health center and one Mobile Health Team) and 407 Health Posts. Besides the services provision, 24 community midwives and 24 community health nurses will get pre-service training as part of capacity building component of this project. The project serves the entire 698,343 provincial population.

The project contributes to reduction of maternal, newborn and under 5 mortality, improvement in child health and nutrition, and development of the health system within the province. Basic health services are provided to the people in 11 districts of the province through 24 health facilities consisting of two District Hospitals, four Comprehensive Health Centers, nine Basic Health Centers, nine Sub-Health Centers and 208 Health Posts. The project serves 307,775 population of 11 districts in the province.

The project contributed to reduction of maternal, newborn and under 5 mortality, improvement in child health and nutrition, and development of the health system within the province. Basic health services were provided in eight districts of the province through 27 health facilities consisting of one District Hospital, six Comprehensive Health Centers, 15 Basic Health Centers, five Sub-Health Centers and 256 Health Posts. The project served 399,200 provincial population.

The project contributed to reduction of maternal, newborn and under 5 mortality, improvement in child health and nutrition, and development of the health system within the province. Basic health services were provided in 10 districts of the province through 55 health facilities  consisting of two District Hospitals, one enhanced Comprehensive Health Center (CHC plus), seven Comprehensive Health Centers, 20 Basic Health Centers, one Mobile Health Team, one prison health center, 23 Sub-Health Centers and 437 Health Posts. The project served 698,343 provincial population.

The project contributed to reduction of maternal, newborn and under 5 mortality, improvement in child health and nutrition, and development of the health system within the province. Basic health services were provided in five districts of Sari-Pul through 24 health facilities consisting of one District Hospital, four Comprehensive Health Centers, seven Basic Health Centers, 12 Sub-Health Centers and 153 Health Posts. The project served a total of 306,484 population.

The project contributed to reduction of maternal, newborn and under 5 mortality, improvement in child health and nutrition, and development of the health system within the province. Basic health services were provided in three districts of Hazrat-e-Sultan, Feroz Nakhchir and Darasuf through 12 health facilities consisting of one District Hospital, one Comprehensive Health Center, six Basic Health Centers, four Sub-Health Centers and 63 Health Posts. The project served a total of 121,255 population.

The project contributed to reduction of maternal, newborn and under 5 mortality, improvement in child health and nutrition, and development of the health system within the province. Basic health services were provided in two districts of Maqur and Bala Murghab through 10 health facilities consisting of one District Hospital, eight Basic Health Centers, one Sub-Health Center and 102 Health Posts. The project served a total of 113,700 population.

The project aims at improving RH and empowering women through: (1) Provision of health services by deploying one Mobile Health Team; (2) training of nine community midwives; (3) training of 18 CHWs; and (4) establishment and equipping nine Family Health Houses (FHHs) in the three target districts of Farsi, Obe and Chesht-e-Sharif of Herat province. The project covers a total under-served population of 20,690 living in 29 villages of three districts.

The project aims at improved access to quality primary health services for nomadic (Kuchi) population in Badakhshan, Balkh, Faryab, Jawzjan, Hirat, Kunduz and Samangan provinces. A total of eight Mobile Health Teams (MHTs) were established, 590 Community Health Workers (CHWs) both male and female and eight CHSs were trained and the nomad population are linked to the nearest BPHS facilities. Furthermore, rationalization and standardization of the health services package and detailed movement (migration) mapping is another important activity of the project.

The project is providing essential emergency health services to the Externally-Displaced People (EDPs) from Waziristan who are settled in Gulan Camp of Khost. Health services are provided through one enhanced Basic Health Center (BHC+) clinic long with community-based psychosocial services through community-based counselling and referral. ACTD has built a modest building for the BHC+ in the camp and is providing health services consisting of OPD, reproductive health, child health, EPI, laboratory, nutrition, night-shift services and referral (dedicated ambulance).

Through this project, ACTD provided emergency primary health care (PHC), essential nutrition, and basic outreach services to 7,500 families affected by landslide and flood in Argo, Darayim and Yaftal-e-Sufla districts of Badakhshan through one Mobile Health Team.

The project aimed at improving access to equitable emergency health services in conflict-affected districts of Helmand and Paktia provinces through provision of health facility-based and community-based emergency primary health care. Through this project, essential emergency health services were provided to 20,546 people, while a total of 2,176 wounded people were managed through treatment and referral.

The project aims to reduce maternal and new born mortality and morbidity through partnership with private sector health providers. A total of 15 Private Health Service Delivery Points (PHSDP) were selected and supported under individual Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs). The staff of the target PHSDPs were trained in topics of Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), Infection Prevention (IP), and Health Management Information System (HMIS). The target PHSDPs reported a total of 73,623 outpatient visits managed according to the guidelines of the project.

The objectives of the project are: (1) to Improve access to health services with special focus on EPI and life-saving Primary Healthcare (PHC) services  for people of the four districts (Dishu, Nad Ali, Nahr-e-Seraj and Lashkargah) who have low access to health services due to distant location, conflicts and land mines in the area; (2) to respond to the dire health needs of women and children through provision of at-door-step essential health services; and (3) to provide essential and basic health services for 80% of target population in remote villages located in geographically hard to reach areas. The project target population is 121,329 people.

The project aimed at contributing to the improvement of health status through strengthening health system by equipping 10 BHCs with microscopic diagnostic capacity in areas of high prevalence of malaria in Helmand province. 10 BHCs were equipped with lab facilities by recruiting and training of lab technicians and providing lab equipment and material.

The project aims at providing treatment and counseling services to the drug addicts, and public awareness and screening in the communities through a treatment and counseling center in Tarinkot and three counseling centers in Chora, Dehrawod, and Charchino districts. During this period, a total of 1,302 drugs addicts got treatment and counseling services through center-based (1,120) and home-based (182) care, more than 1,000 drug addicts  were provided counseling services and referred to the treatment and rehabilitation center, and 76 drug-quitters were referred to  psychiatry center. Furthermore, a total of 3,528 community awareness sessions were also conducted.

The project objectives were: (1) to prevent the transmission of HIV among most at risk and other vulnerable populations; (2) to provide treatment, care and support to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA); and (3) to strengthen collaborative dual diagnosis and treatment for TB/HIV co-morbidity. The scope of services under this project consisted of providing HIV Counseling and Testing, reaching young people with HIV/AIDS education with behavior change communication (BCC), prevention outreach, risk-reduction activities through service delivery points (SDPs), broadcasting and distributing HIV information, education, communication (IEC) materials, and referral of cases to higher centers. In total, 910 people benefited from the program.

As a continuation of the SPHP project implemented under the GIZ Principle-Recipient program, the project objectives are: (1) to prevent the transmission of HIV among most at risk and other vulnerable populations; (2) to provide treatment, care and support to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA); and (3) to strengthen collaborative dual diagnosis and treatment for TB/HIV co-morbidity. The scope of services under this project consisted of providing HIV Counseling and Testing, reaching young people with HIV/AIDS education with behavior change communication (BCC), prevention outreach, risk-reduction activities through service delivery points (SDPs), broadcasting and distributing HIV information, education, communication (IEC) materials, and referral of cases to higher centers. In total, 5,760 people benefited from the program.

This project aimed at Malaria control and was implemented by ACTD as sub-repient in Kandahar, Zabul, Samangan and Sar- e- Pul provinces. During the life of the project, a total of 5,661 men were served and reached through male health forums. Additionally, 5,907 women were served and reached through female health forums. A total of 110 public health care provider were trained on revised National Treatment Guidelines (NGT), Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDT) and Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). In total, 75 Private Sector Provider trained on revised NTG and 1414 Community Health Workers were on Community-based Management of Malaria (CBMM).

The project objectives were: (1) to train public health care provider on malaria; (2) to conduct malaria health forum at community level; (3) to conduct female shura-e-Sehi meeting at Health Post level; (4) to train community health workers on Home-based Management of Malaria (HMM); and (5) to train private sector providers on malaria revised National Treatment Guidelines and bed net distribution.

The project objectives were distribution of Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LLINs) to community in Sangin district of Helmand province. A total of 32,200 LLINs distribution was undertaken in Sangin district of Helmand province under the health facility structure of BPHS.

The project aimed at capacity building of Community Health Supervisors (CHSs) and Community Health Workers (CHWs) on community-based DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course strategy). During the project period, a total of 548 CHWs and 39 CHSs were trained on community DOTS.