ASSISTANCE FOR HEALTH, EDUCAITON AND DEVELLOPMENT - AHEAD
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Providing Health Services to around 2.9 million people (10% of the total population) of Afghanistan under BPHS (Sehatmandi Project).
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Strategic Objective

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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 Projects

Sehatmandi Project​s (BPHS)

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Nuristan Sehatmandi Project​

Performance Based Contract to Deliver the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Nuristan Province from Jan 2019 – June 2021)

In addition, AHEAD is implementing BPHS in Nuristan province with the same objectives of reducing maternal and newborn mortality, reducing under five mortality and improving child health and nutrition. Totally, three District Hospital (DH), 4 Comprehensive Health Centers (CHCs), 8 Basic Health Centers (BHCs), 22 Sub Health Center (SHC), and 158 Health Posts (HPs) are covered by this project for a population of 150,391 in Nuristan province.
AHEAD manages the the Community midwifery Educaiton (CME) School boarding 25 students,  and Community Health Nursing Education (CHNE) school boarding 24 students in Nuristan province.
AHEAD has been providing health services to the some of the most difficult and hard to reach communities in Afghanistan such as Nuristan province, this indicates the organizations ability to engage with local stakeholders and in-depth knowledge and understanding of the communities across the country.
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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

​Takhar Sehatmandi Project

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Samangan Sehatmandi  Project​

Performance Based Contract to Deliver the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Samangan Province from Jan 2019 – June 2021)
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AHEAD has been implementing BPHS-Sehatmandi Project in Smangan province since 1st January, 2019 with objectives of reducing maternal and newborn mortality, reducing under five mortality and improving child health and nutrition. Totally, 3 District Hospital (DH), 4 Comprehensive Health Centers (CHCs), 14 Basic Health Centers (BHCs), 21 Sub Health Center (SHC), 3 Family Health House (FHH), 1 Prison Health Faiclity, and 185 Health Posts (HPs) are covered by this project for a population of 401,134 in this province.
AHEAD manages the the Community Midwifery Educaiton (CME) School boarding 25 students,  and Community Health Nursing Education (CHNE) school boarding 24 students in Samangan Province.​

 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
​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.​
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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:
  1. Malaria Case management
  1. Training
  2. Diagnosis and Treatment
  3. Reporting
  1. Malaria Vector control
  1. LLIN distribution for pregnant women in first ANC visit

Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme for treatment of Moderate Acute Malnourished (MAM) children age 6-59 months and Acute Malnourished Pregnant & Lactating Women (AM-PLW

​AHEAD 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

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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.

CHNE Nuristan

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​The project aims to increase number of skilled nurses and improve quality of nursing care in the rural areas through training and graduating 35 competent community nurses who are selected from remote and rural areas of Nuristan province over 24 month period.

CHNE Samangan

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The project aims to increase number of skilled nurses and improve quality of nursing care in the rural areas through training and graduating 35 competent community nurses who are selected from remote and rural areas of Samangan province over 24 month period.

Afghan Workforce Development Program 

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Funded by USAID  this project Increase
the professional capacity of  job seekers and current mid-level employees of major private
sector companies through the provision of demand-driven project management as well as financial management training that addresses the current need of the
private sector labor market...read more

CME Nuristan

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AHEAD contributes to reduction of maternal and newborn mortality by increasing the quality of clinical services at all level of health facilities through training 25 community midwives in a two year training course adhering to the MoPH training
program. The project scored 96% marks in the binding assessment and will be accredited for coming years.

CME Samangan

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AHEAD contributes to reduction of maternal and newborn mortality by increasing the quality of clinical services at all level of health facilities through training 25 community midwives in a two year training course adhering to the MoPH training
program. The project scored 96% marks in the binding assessment and will be accredited for coming years.

Access to Justice Awareness rising Project

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Supported by TAWANMANDI Strengthening Civil Society, AHEAD promotes community's access to justice in four districts of Balkh province, namely Nahr-e-Shahi, Khulm, Sholgara and Dehdadi. Targeted beneficiaries are village communities residence, community elders, civil and public administration servants and religious leaders...read more

AFG 1156 WASH Samangan

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To support water provision and enhance the knowledge and
attitude of rural communities in Posht-e-Band area, AHEAD with financial support of German Cooperation channeled through WHH implemented a six months WASH project which supported five village...read more

IDP Monitoring and Profiling

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The project main objective is to find out detailed IDPs
profiling (Numbers, Location, and Reasons for Movement, Challenges, Opportunities, Situation and their Needs) to help provision of emergency
assistance to them. The project is being implemented in 4 provinces of the northeast of Afghanistan (Baghlan, Kunduz Badakhshan and Takhar)...read more

Web based Electronic Payroll System 

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Web based Electronic Payroll System (WEPS) which is contract by AHEAD and funded by UNDP/LOTFA SPA project, aimed to bring quality in the reporting system of GDPDC payroll stations, support the GDPDC end users in area of reporting, better use of WEPS system and maintaining the WEPS system ICT Infrastructure at the sub – national level. 
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Local Governance Project

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UNDP’s Local Governance Project-Afghanistan (LoGo) is a new project, building upon the lessons from UNDP’s Afghanistan Sub-National Governance Programme (ASGP). Through LoGo project, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) and UNDP will jointly address the top three priorities of IDLG which are: 1) service delivery; 2) accountability; and 3) clear functions and mandates.
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Contact us

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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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Welcome to AHEAD


​AHEAD 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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