Afghanistan has one of the lowest sets of social indicators
in the world. The twenty years of war and internal conflicts
have resulted in the complete destruction of social and economic
infrastructure.
The destruction also includes virtual collapse
of the health sector in terms of physical and human resources.
The sector remained largely neglected over the years and has
struggled to cope with the onset of the recent military intervention.
Besides injuries inflicted as a result of the military action,
there has been a large-scale displacement of communities moving
into areas exposed to ordinances and also resulting in them
moving far from existing health facilities.
The situation has been aggravated by the
lack of support and facilities available to ensure a basic
level of health facilities to a vast majority of the population.
The community of Paghman is situated about
45 minutes west of Kabul City.
It is a predominantly agricultural region,
where wheat, walnuts and mulberries are grown, however the
majority of the workforce is not employed in agriculture,
but instead work in the building trade or on labouring jobs
in Kabul.
It is a highly conservative rural population with average
family size of eight persons.
The health conditions of the community are very poor and approximately
80% of children get pneumonia each winter.
Project
Objectives
The programme aims to build a clinic as part of improving
health infrastructure and to pave the ground to facilitate
primary health care delivery for the local population.
Project
Activities
The number of beneficiaries which would benefit from
this programme total 40,000, from the community of Paghman,
and outlying areas, with 26,400 of these coming from vulnerable
groups.