Eastern Mediterranean Region
Afghanistan
Technical Contacts
- safin@who.int
UHC Partnership Implementation
Programmatic and Financial
Status
34
Activities
Activities
Completed/Canceled
| Status | Product/Service | Deliverables | Last updated | Updated by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Completed | Assessment of health financing options in the context of Afghanistan | Assessment report |
downeyc | |
| view | Cancelled | Normative guidance, implementation support on WHO's Best Buys, WHO NCD packages | Provide technical assistance for development of normative guidelines on NCDs. Provide technical assistance and support to implement WHO's Best Buys. Provide technical assistance and support on implementation and scaling up of WHO NCDs Package in targeted areas where NCDs burden is high. |
safin@who.int | |
| view | Completed | Develop Biosafety and Biosecurity SoP & Guidelines for laboratories | Guideline/SOP for Biosafety and Biosecurity in Lab |
downeyc |
Products/Services
| Product/Service | Deliverables | Status | Programme Implementation | Start date | End date | User Contacts | Last updated | Updated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normative guidance, implementation support on WHO's Best Buys, WHO NCD packages | Provide technical assistance for development of normative guidelines on NCDs. Provide technical assistance and support to implement WHO's Best Buys. Provide technical assistance and support on implementation and scaling up of WHO NCDs Package in targeted areas where NCDs burden is high. |
Cancelled
|
0%
|
Jan 01,2020 | Jun 30,2021 | safin@who.int | ||
| Assessment of health financing options in the context of Afghanistan | Assessment report |
Completed
|
40% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Conduct consultative meetings and workshops with donors and partners for developing UHC roadmap | UHC roadmap |
Completed
|
30% |
Jan 01,2018 | Dec 31,2018 | downeyc | ||
| Adapt guideline for the implementation of safe hospital initiative | Guideline for safe hospital initiative |
Cancelled
|
0%
|
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Establish/activate toxicology department of Laboratories and train them on detecting toxins | Functional toxicology unit in central public health lab |
Completed
|
20% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Providing technical support to the National Medicine and Health Products Regulatory Authority (NMHRA) to implement the WHO recommendations (IDPs) to reach from maturity level at least to maturity level 2. | Developed guidelines and SOPs for registration, inspection, GMP and AEFI reporting and 100 staff trained on the above areas |
Completed
|
100% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Develop Biosafety and Biosecurity SoP & Guidelines for laboratories | Guideline/SOP for Biosafety and Biosecurity in Lab |
Completed
|
80% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Revision of the health facilities IPC guidelines | Guideline for health facility IPC |
Completed
|
90% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Support external missions from HQ and EMRO on self-benchmarking and vaccine registrations. | Two missions; one from HQ and one from EMRO visited Afghanistan to provide technical support for Self-benchmarking follow up and vaccine registration. |
Completed
|
0%
|
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Review of the national health policy and strategy | Review report which will be used for the development of next health policy/strategy (including road map to UHC) |
Completed
|
10% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Develop a road map of health financing for UHC | Investment case |
Completed
|
50% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| TA to review and analyze the Health Financing situation and advocacy for financial protection and development of Health Financing Strategy | Support production of 5th NHA. Support implementation of health insurance feasibility study phase 2 recommendations. Complete comprehensive situation analysis of health financing in Afghanistan and develop a Policy Paper on Health Financing Options for Afghanistan. |
Completed
|
100% |
Jul 31,2019 | Jan 01,2021 | safin@who.int | ||
| TA for strengthening HIS, M&E and research | Support the development of quarterly Health system reports. Support national surveys. Strengthening DHIS 2. Support the implementation of National M&E HIS strategic plan. Support the development of quarterly Health system reports. Support national surveys. |
Completed
|
100% |
Jul 01,2019 | Jun 30,2021 | safin@who.int | ||
| Support to Afghan Medical Council – registration of physicians/dentists and developing a guideline for continuous medical education | Guideine for continous medical education |
Completed
|
40% |
Jan 01,2018 | Dec 31,2018 | downeyc | ||
| Technical support for the revision of National Medicine Policy and Essential Medicine List | Revised Afghanistan National Medicine Policy and Essential Medicine List |
Completed
|
70% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Capacity building of Central Public Health Lab on Eliza and PCR to improve the diagnosis of infectious diseases | 30 Lab staff trained on Eliza and PCR. |
Completed
|
100% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Contribute to the work of Development Partners Forum and other high level strategic forums within the health sector to enhance coverage of health services and equity with focus in the areas where coverage is low | Organize biomonthly meetings of HDPF. Contribute to the work of TAG. Contribute to the work of SHOC. Contribute to the work of Development Partners Forum and other high level strategic forums within the health sector to enhance coverage of health services and equity with focus in the areas where coverage is low. |
Completed
|
100% |
Jul 01,2019 | Jun 30,2021 | safin@who.int | ||
| Rollout training on hospital management to train up to 100 technical and managerial staff from the hospitals. | 100 technical and managerial hospital staff trained on hospital management, HMIS, Quality and hospital financing areas |
Completed
|
40% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Expand patient safety friendly hospital initiatives to 5 new hospitals. | Patient Safety Critical standards are implemented in 5 new hospitals |
Completed
|
100% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| TA for the implementation/revision of BPHS and EPHS in the context of Sehatmandi redesigning | TA for performance management of contracted NGOs under Sehatmandi. TA for development/revision of Sehatmandi beyond June 2021 |
Completed
|
100% |
Jul 01,2019 | Jun 30,2021 | safin@who.int | ||
| Conduct trainings for central and regional laboratory staff to detect pathogens and contaminants in food | Training report |
Cancelled
|
0%
|
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Conduct table top exercise on IHR NFP coordination to assess and strengthen reporting, preparedness and response to PHEICS | Exercise report |
Cancelled
|
0%
|
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Afghan Medical Council – registration of physicians/dentists and developing a guideline for continuous medical education | Medical doctor registered, Guideline for CME |
Completed
|
90% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Consultation/dissemination of High Priority Package of Health Services for Afghanistan | Consultation report/HPP of health services for Afghanistan |
Completed
|
100% |
Dec 31,2019 | Dec 31,2019 | downeyc | ||
| Support and facilitate updating of a national essential package of quality health services and mechanism for prioritization within the emergency context and putting systems in place to monitor its performance and coverage | Updated essential package of quality health services and |
Completed
|
80% |
Jan 01,2018 | Dec 31,2018 | downeyc |