Partners for health in Afghanistan
The organisation will work in partnership with Afghan communities and the Ministry of Health, in line with the World Health Day theme of ‘Working together for health’.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Afghanistan has the fourth highest infant and child mortality rates, and the second highest maternal mortality rates in the world.
Afghanistan has the fourth highest infant and child mortality rates, and the second highest maternal mortality rates in the world “Communicable diseases are one of the main contributors to this child mortality rate,” says Dr Farooq Mansour, World Vision Afghanistan Health Manager, speaking of the importance of immunization campaigns being conducted.
"A six-month campaign in Chaghcharan District of Ghor province has drastically decreased routine outbreaks of measles and pertussis [whooping cough],” Mansour said.
Communicable diseases are one of the main contributors to this child mortality rate World Vision health clinics are providing vaccinations against the six immunizable diseases: DTP (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus), polio, measles and BCG (tuberculosis).
Long-term progress in Afghanistan’s health sector requires a multi-facetted approach, reaching beyond immunizations and the building of health clinics, to the integrated development of other sectors. World Vision Afghanistan is engaging this need through the integration of its health, water and sanitation, food security and education programming.
A health solution will also require the development, training and commitment of many people like 22-year-old Arazu. When asked why she enrolled in World Vision’s two-year midwifery course, she responded, remembering women she has known who’ve died, “Maternal and infant mortality are so high in our country. We, after training, will serve this country and the need.”
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Afghanistan has the fourth highest infant and child mortality rates, and the second highest maternal mortality rates in the world.
Afghanistan has the fourth highest infant and child mortality rates, and the second highest maternal mortality rates in the world “Communicable diseases are one of the main contributors to this child mortality rate,” says Dr Farooq Mansour, World Vision Afghanistan Health Manager, speaking of the importance of immunization campaigns being conducted.
"A six-month campaign in Chaghcharan District of Ghor province has drastically decreased routine outbreaks of measles and pertussis [whooping cough],” Mansour said.
Communicable diseases are one of the main contributors to this child mortality rate World Vision health clinics are providing vaccinations against the six immunizable diseases: DTP (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus), polio, measles and BCG (tuberculosis).
Long-term progress in Afghanistan’s health sector requires a multi-facetted approach, reaching beyond immunizations and the building of health clinics, to the integrated development of other sectors. World Vision Afghanistan is engaging this need through the integration of its health, water and sanitation, food security and education programming.
A health solution will also require the development, training and commitment of many people like 22-year-old Arazu. When asked why she enrolled in World Vision’s two-year midwifery course, she responded, remembering women she has known who’ve died, “Maternal and infant mortality are so high in our country. We, after training, will serve this country and the need.”
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