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  • The Gaza health information system: Rebuilding for a resilient future

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    The ongoing Israel-Gaza war has led to the rampant destruction and disruption of much of Gaza’s health system, including the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure and the loss of access to essential medical services [1,2]. These losses include the critical infrastructure and capacity for Gaza’s once-robust Health Information System (HIS). The disruption to the HIS […]

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  • The availability of essential medicines in public healthcare facilities in Afghanistan: navigating sociopolitical and geographical challenges

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    In this study, KIT epidemiologists and research partners in Afghanistan examine the availability of essential medicines in Afghanistan’s public healthcare facilities and how this is shaped by sociopolitical challenges, geographical barriers, and the organisation of the healthcare system. They conclude that decentralised procurement of medicines by non-state actors and timely payment of funds contribute to medicine […]

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  • Digital Health Technologies

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    The past decades have witnessed a surge in digital health innovations within the field of global health. While these innovations are aimed at enhancing health and well-being, their implementation can unintentionally worsen inequities, result in unethical practices, or fail entirely if not aligned with the needs of users, clients, and systems.  This position paper draws […]

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  • Determinants of treatment-seeking behaviour and healthcare provider choice in Afghanistan in 2018: a cross-sectional study

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    Afghanistan’s public healthcare system is vital in providing care to the economically disadvantaged and managing infectious diseases and maternal health problems. In this article KIT epidemiologists and research partners in Afghanistan re-analysed the Afghanistan Health Survey 2018 in combination with data on the quality of public healthcare facilities from a national healthcare facility assessment of […]

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  • Third party monitoring for health in Afghanistan: the good, the bad and the ugly

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    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 […]

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  • Going digital: added value of electronic data collection in 2018 Afghanistan Health Survey

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    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).

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  • Assessment of implementation and outputs of Afghanistan’s Expanded Program of Immunisations data quality improvement plan

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    Vaccines have substantially reduced or eliminated many infectious diseases which once killed millions of people. Vaccination programmes not only provide vaccines, but strategic leadership and coordination, cold-chain systems necessary for transport, and programme monitoring and evaluation. Behind every vaccination programme, strong health systems are needed to deliver and scale-up new vaccines and to improve immunisation […]

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  • Estimating maternal mortality: what have we learned from 16 years of surveys in Afghanistan?

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    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’. […]

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  • Afghan Health: Monitoring and Evaluation

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    The Afghan Ministry of Public Health requested a third party monitoring & evaluation of its national health services. It was assigned to KIT Royal Tropical Institute by means of a health facility functionality assessment, drug quality assessment, health management information system verification, household surveys and results-based financing assessment. As of 2003, Afghanistan established a novel […]

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