Afghanistan Health (supplement II)

The Project DO's are: (i) assist the MOH to achieve its stated goals of reducing the rates of infant and child mortality, maternal mortality, child malnutrition, and fertility through expanding delivery of the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) and increasing equity in the delivery of services; (ii) strengthen the MOH's stewardship over the sector including a greater role in health care financing, coordination of partners, and overseeing the work of NGOs; and (iii) building the capacity of Afghan health workers to provide and manage health services. The key performance indicators and corresponding end-of-project targets are limited to the Project Area. Given the paucity of baseline data, the proposed targets should be seen as approximate. What is needed is clear progress along these parameters. 1. The contraceptive prevalence rate would have increased by ten percent (10%) among women using modern family planning methods. 2. The cure rate among detected tuberculosis cases would have increased to eighty percent (80%). 3. The proportion of children aged six (6) months to fifty-nine (59) months that have received vitamin A supplement woud have increased to ninety percent (90%). 4. Fully-Immunize-Child vaccine coverage among children aged twelve (12) months to twenty-three (23) months would have increased by thirty-five percent (35%).