Vital and essential health services for underserved communities in nine districts of Nimroz, Helmand, Zabul
and Uruzgan, in partnership with WHO.
About this project
In coordination with WHO, this project maintains vital and essential health services in underserved districts
of four southern provinces, filling gaps in coverage where communities would otherwise have no access to
trained health workers, medicines or referral.
Where we work
The project covers 9 districts across Nimroz, Zabul, Uruzgan, Helmand: Delaram, Zaranj, Arghandab, Shah
Joy, Uruzgan-e-Khas, Tarin Kot, Chora, Nad-e-Ali, Nawa-e-Barakzai.
What we do
- Staffing and running of health facilities and mobile teams in nine districts
- Outpatient care, maternal and child health and emergency referral
- Supply of essential medicines and consumables
- Disease surveillance and outbreak response support
- Training and supervision of health staff
Partners
Funded by World Health Organization (WHO) and implemented by OPHCD in coordination with the Ministry
of Public Health / provincial health directorate.