Building on Early Gains inAfghanistan's Health, Nutrition, and Population Sector: Challenges and Options

Belay, Tekabe A.

World Bank

关键词: ADEQUATE NUTRITION;    AGE DISTRIBUTION;    ANTENATAL CARE;    BASIC HEALTH SERVICES;    BEHAVIOR CHANGE;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-8335-3
RP-ID  :  54895

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

A number of development partners,including the World Bank, have been actively supporting thehealth sector in Afghanistan since 2003-04 (1382 AC).Collectively, they invested more than $820 million between2003 (1382 AC) and 2008-09 (1387 AC) and played key roles insupporting the government in reshaping the country'shealth sector. This support continues, with all partnersstarting new projects aimed at further strengthening thesector and building on the successes that have beenachieved. The book is organized as follows. Chaptersone-four tell a coherent story about the achievements of thesector between 2002 and 2008 (1381-87AC), the financialresources used to achieve the results, and the contributionthe private sector has made to the achievements. Chaptersfive-eight) look forward. They identify the challenges thesector is facing in meeting human resource needs, expandingthe coverage of the basic package of health services (BPHS),and increasing the institutional capacity of the Ministry ofPublic Health (MoPH). Chapter eight summarizes the lessonslearned and provides options for moving forward.