Afghanistan and Health
- Capital:
Kabul - Population:
29121286 - Size:
647500.0 Km2
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- Potential policy interventions to mitigate the effects of food price shocks: a case study of Afghanistan
- A. D’Souza / AgEcon Search, 2012
- Food price shocks can exacerbate chronically low levels of nutrient intake in countries with large populations living in poverty with generally poor diets. This paper examines the case of Afghanistan in the 2007/08 season, when rapid ...
- What are the major causes of death in conflict affected areas?
- P. Salama; P. Spiegel; L. Talley; R. Waldman / The Lancet, 2004
- Major advances have been made during the past decade in the way the international community responds to the health and nutrition consequences of complex emergencies. The public health and clinical response to diseases of acute epidemi...
- Meeting sexual and reproductive health needs in post-conflict settings
- Bayard Roberts; Samantha Guy; Egbert Sondorp / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- Governments and donors are increasingly contracting non-governmental organisations to provide a basic package of health services in post-conflict situations. In Afghanistan and South Sudan, this is now the principal way to deliver pri...
- No quick fixes: rebuilding health systems after armed conflict
- Hugh Waters; Brinnon Garrett; Gilbert Burnham / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- In the late twentieth century, 15 of the 20 poorest countries in the world experienced armed conflict. This has had devastating social and economic impacts, with public health one of the main casualties. Relief efforts provide short-t...
- Evaluating changes in the delivery of infant immunisation services
- T. Mashal; K. Nakamura; M. Kizuki / International Journal of Health Geographics, BioMed Central, 2007
- This paper assesses the impact of conflict and resource availability on the provision of infant immunisation services. It evaluates the progress and changes in immunisation coverage in Afghanistan using data from 331 districts across ...
- Rebuilding health services in post-Taliban Afghanistan
- Ronald Waldman; Lesley Strong; Abdul Wali / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Afghanistan’s health services were left in chaos after years of conflict. Neither the public nor private sectors could function effectively. There was a severe shortage of health staff, and infrastructure was either grossly inade...
- NGOs take on health services in Afghanistan
- Natasha Palmer; Lesley Strong; Abdul Wali / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- Contracts with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are seen as an effective way to expand services quickly in fragile states. NGOs currently provide most of Afghanistan’s health services. Researchers from the London School of H...
- Nation-building and health services
- S. Jones / RAND Corporation, 2006
- This document analyses the activities that countries, international institutions, and non-governmental organizations undertake in rebuilding public health and health care delivery systems after major conflict. The monograph outlines k...
- Evaluation of multidonor aid to Afghanistan
- A. Strand; G. Olesen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005
- This paper presents findings from the 2005 Multidonor Evaluation of the emergency and reconstruction aid that had been provided to Afghanistan between 2001 to early 2005, on behalf of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the ...
- The international community must act now to protect young urban refugees in Pakistan
- Women's Refugee Commission, 2002
- This report documents the findings of a Women’s commission mission to identify the protection and care concerns of refugee Afghan children, adolescents and youth working and living in urban settings in Pakistan. Urban refugee com...
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