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.
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).