Health Information Systems

Third party monitoring (TPM) is used in development programming to assess deliverables in a contract relationship between purchasers (donors or government) and providers (non-governmental organisations or non-state entities). In this paper, we draw from our experience as public health professionals involved in implementing and monitoring the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) and the Essential […]

Through a nationally representative household survey in Afghanistan, we conducted an operational study in two relatively secure provinces comparing effectiveness of computer-aided personal interviewing (CAPI) with paper-and-pencil interviewing (PAPI).

This article contextualises experience within the history of previous efforts to measure maternal mortality in Afghanistan, reviews lessons learnt and reflects on their implications. ‘Particularly hard hit by Afghanistan’s 23 years of war, civil strife and Taliban misrule are Afghan women, who are experiencing what health officials call ”catastrophic”death rates associated with pregnancy and childbirth’. […]

In August this year, after the takeover by the Taliban, the funding that supported the health sector has been cut off. This, along with the mass exodus of trained personnel, has left the system on the brink of collapse. “For years we’ve struggled, studied and worked in the most difficult situations. But now we must […]

Not many people know about a large-scale programme that is bringing basic health improvements to the population of Afghanistan. Talk to an average person in Europe or English speaking countries and chances are not one will tell you that Afghanistan has been making substantial progress thanks to some novel approaches. Between 2002 and 2016 Afghanistan’s […]

Eelco Jacobs, Senior Advisor at KIT and Chair of our new Centre for Health Systems Strengthening for Fragile and Conflict-Affected Settings, will be speaking on ‘Health systems strengthening in Afghanistan through times of war and times of peace’, at a Brownbag Series session at The Institute for Global Health and Development (IGHD), on 13 March 2023 […]

KIT is pleased to join and contribute to the Fragility Forum 2022 hosted by the World Bank from 7 to 15 March 2022. The Fragility Forum provides the opportunity for organizations that work on development in fragile and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) to exchange ideas on development approaches to foster peace and stability. KIT has years of […]