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Providing Health Services to around 2.9 million people (10% of the total population) of Afghanistan under BPHS (Sehatmandi Project).
Strategic Objective
AHEAD’s overall goal is to improve the Health and well beings in Afghan communities struggling with poverty, infectious diseases, lack of access and awareness to health services, limited access to potable water, sanitation and hygiene and low capacity. Afghanistan’s MDGs aim at “reducing poverty and hunger, providing universal primary education, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating diseases, promoting gender equality, ensuring environmental sustainability and enhancing personal security. Hence the Afghanistan National Development Strategy, created a common vision for reducing extreme poverty. we are committed particularly to contributing to and reaching the ANDS sectors 4,5 and 6 of Economic and Social Development, which call for overall Afghan communities well being, balance the needs of the poor with the need for sustained economic growth by 2015. As an Afghan national NGO, AHEAD is uniquely positioned to contribute to this effort through community-based approaches that build support for primary health and hygiene awareness, education, Capacity building, embrace partnerships, and encourage innovation. And the AHEAD, as an association with this unique membership, will be uniquely positioned to foster alliances among its NGO members, the academic community, and the advocacy community to improve and expand these innovative practices and policies.
AHEAD ProjectsSehatmandi Projects (BPHS)
Performance Based Contract to Deliver the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Takhar Province from Jan 2019 – June 2021)
Takhar is located in the northeast of Afghanistan next to Tajikistan. It is surrounded by Badakhshan in the east, Panjsher in the south, and Baghalan and Kunduz in the west. There are 17 districts and more than 1,000 villages in the province. Taloqan serves as the provincial capital. The BPHS-SEHATMANDI 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 through 83 health facilities (4 DHs, 12 CHCs, 34 BHCs, 32 Sub-centers, and a prison health center) and 554 HPs. The project serves 1,000,336 provincial population. Project ID: P160615 Funded By: International Development Association (IDA) Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) Global Financing Facility (GFF) Dated: December 2018 Duration of the project: 30 Months Malaria Control Program Implementation in Nuristan, Takhar and Samangan Province (UNDP)The overall objective of this project is to contribute to the NMCP goal in order to ensure that Afghanistan is on track to eliminate malaria by 2030 – contributing towards country development and the Sustainable Development Goals. Malaria project has two components:
Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme for treatment of Moderate Acute Malnourished (MAM) children age 6-59 months and Acute Malnourished Pregnant & Lactating Women (AM-PLWAHEAD is implementing the project in Nuristan and Takhar provinces. The objective of this project is to treat moderate acute malnourished children age 6-59 months and acute malnourished pregnant and lactating women in target areas during the project period. Another objective of the project is to increase nutrition awareness of pregnant and lactating women and MAM children caregivers and promote optimal behaviors among them through social behavior change communication (SBCC).
AHEAD will provide supplementary ration to moderately acutely malnourished children aged 6–59 months and PLW. Children will remain in the supplementary feeding program and exit the program when well-nourished (MUAC 12.5 cm or more). Pregnant women will remain in the program until they are cured (MUAC 23 cm or more) or until they reach the sixth month of lactation. According to standard SFP guidelines, each child aged 6–59 months will receive 15 sachets RUSF bi-weekly, whereas PLW will receive 7.5 kg of Super cereal. The supplementary ration will be distributed to the acutely malnourished PLWs on monthly basis, and RUSF to the children 6-59 months with MAM on bi-weekly basis, depending on the actual beneficiary caseloads and the distance between the beneficiaries and the health facilities Nuristan CME/CHNE students Graduation
Another great contribution to a reduced maternal & child mortality rate in Afghanistan!
Conducted graduation ceremony for 49 students from the Community Midwifery and Nursing School (CME/CHNE) on 3rd November 2019. AHEAD has not only trained these students to professionally work for the reduced maternal and child mortality rate, but will also place these trained professional midwifes in different health facilities to provide best quality health services to the community.
Contact us
Assistance for Health, Education and Development (AHEAD)
Main Office: House #2, Street 9, In Taimani, Kabul – Afghanistan. Phone: 0093 700 502 211 0093 778211049 E-mail: director@ahead.org.af f.farahmand@aheadglobal.org s.fayaz@aheadglobal.org |
Welcome to AHEADAHEAD was established by a group of experienced, professional and dedicated social workers in Afghanistan in 2008, and was registered under license number 1259 with the Ministry of Economy of the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. AHEAD is a non-governmental, non-political and non-for profit organization that aims to contribute to improvement of social welfare, education, social development, civil society development and public health in the urban, rural and least advantaged areas of Afghanistan. read more Our Address: Assistance for Health, Education and Development (AHEAD) Main Office: House #2, Street 9, In Taimani, Kabul – Afghanistan. Phone: 0093 700 502 211 0093 778211049 E-mail: director@ahead.org.af f.farahmand@aheadglobal.org s.fayaz@aheadglobal.org 
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