Sector
Health
funded by
UNICEF
Location
Afghanistan
Start Date
October-01-2023
End Date
October-30-2024
6 Health Capms/Clinic
Establishment of 6 fixed Health Camps/Clinics Covering 24 Sites Located in the Populated Slums of Kandahar City
Project Goal
To Improve access and increase utilization of quality and equity focused MNCH and immunization services for mothers, newborn, U5 children and adolescent girls in most deprived provinces and areas through 6 fixed health camps/clinics working as fixed health centers in 24 sites in the slums of Kandahar city
Coverage Area
Kandahar Province: 24 locations/sites of the populated slum areas of Kandahar city not covered by the present HFs
Objectives
- To provide essential health care services for common diseases relevant to maternal and child health to Children and women
- To provide essential nutrition services through screening and referral of children and PLWs, provision of multi-micronutrient supplement and promotion of infant and young child feeding.
- To provide Routine immunization, polio vaccines and needed information to the communities and thus to increase coverage of polio vaccination for missed children.
- To provide Social and Behavior Change (SBC) interventions mainly focus on mobilizing the target population to avail the services being provided through integrated health camps.
Beneficiary’s
No. of Direct Beneficiaries = 538,735 Individuals and all services were provided through the HCs project
- Capacity Building = Male (6) Female (8)
- Out Patient Department OPD = Male (13753) Female (36585)
- Growth monitoring, Screening all Child < 5 = Male (15702) Female (17704)
- SAM and MAM Referred children under five years to Health Facility = Male (531) Female (727)
- Screening and counselling of Pregnant and Lactating women of nutrition Service = Female (13134)
- Immunization Service for <5 children = Male (37997) Female (43384)
- Total women resaved Ante-Natal Care Visits( All Visits) ANC = Female (14072)
- Total women resaved Post -Natal Care Visits( All Visits) PNC = Female (4392)
- Total women resaved Family Planning FP and CYP Consoling = Female (2469)
- Total women resaved MMS and IFA = Female (14158)
- Total Children resaved MNP = Female (7931) Male ( 7551)
- Of people (men, women) reached with key information on the health camp sites, available services and mobilizing them for availing the services = Female (182659) Male (196720)
