The health status of maternal and children under five in Gozarah district belonging to Herat province west part of Afghanistan by Catchment Area Annual Census (CAAC) survey in 2013.

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Authors : Ehsan Ahmad

Abstract:

Afghanistan's health status was one of the worst in the world before 2002 ( UNICEF 2002) Fortunately after that there are many change during the recent years with some positive intervention and revised Basic Package of Health Services ( BPHS) by ministry of public health of Afghanistan and decreased maternal and children mortality rate, The under-5 mortality rate for Afghanistan excluding the South zone for the 2-6 years prior to the survey is 97 deaths per 1,000 births, and the infant mortality rate is 77 deaths per 1,000 births(Afghanistan Mortality Survey( AMS 2010).

References:

[1]. Afghanistan Mortality Survey( AMS 2010).

[2]. http://measuredhs.com/pubs/pdf/FR248/FR248.pdf

[3]. Basic Package of Health Services ( BPHS) ministry of public health of Afghanistan

[4]. http://moph.gov.af/Content/Media/Documents/HISToolsinAfghanistan,Oct201212112012104152552553325325.pdf

[5]. Gozarah district hospital document

[6]. http://moph.gov.af/Content/Media/Documents/CHSCURRICULUMFINALIZEDBYCBHCFINALMARCH,2011English412201310527842553325325.pdf

[7]. Community based health care ministry public health of Afghanistan (Community Health Supervisors manual )

[8]. Gozara survey Catchment Area Annual Census ( CAAC0 2005).