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Afghanistan Asia & Pacific

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Afghanistan has suffered three decades of prolonged warfare and chronic insecurity, weakening the country’s health system and hampering its ability to respond to population needs.  With proper coordination and strategically targeted capacity strengthening and quality assurance, the private health sector helps to sustainably strengthen Afghanistan’s health system by increasing  access to affordable care among urban populations where there is a dearth of public sector facilities. 

Abt collaborates with local partners to advance their organizational priorities and strengthen the country’s health systems so they are more resilient and sustainable. For example, our Health Systems 20/20 project helped develop a health financing and sustainability strategy. Our work on USAID’s SHOPS Plus project strengthened local capacity to provide treatments for childhood diarrhea, services for expecting mothers, and products for safe drinking water. As part of the USAID Local Health System Sustainability (LHSS) Project, Abt is working with the private sector to expand the accessibility and affordability of quality health products and services for maternal and child health, family planning, tuberculosis, nutrition and noncommunicable diseases.

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Transitioning Private Sector Engagement in Afghanistan

Transitioning Private Sector Engagement in Afghanistan

Abt is helping strengthen Afghanistan’s private health sector as the Taliban’s takeover led to a drop in aid for the donor-dependent public health system.
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Mainstreaming Private Health Sector Contributions

Mainstreaming Private Health Sector Contributions

Abt’s contributions at the recent ICFP reflected its decades of work to shape and drive the global agenda on private sector health.
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Helping Afghanistan’s Private Sector Maintain Health Products

Helping Afghanistan’s Private Sector Maintain Health Products

The Sustaining Health Outcomes through the Private Sector Plus project in Afghanistan faces financial and logistical challenges from the Taliban’s takeover.
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Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS)

Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS)

Low- and middle-income countries are committed to universal health coverage (UHC) and better primary health care but they sometimes need targeted support to get there. Governments and health providers have to become more accountable. Health financing…

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SHOPS Plus: Public-Private Engagement for Better Health

SHOPS Plus: Public-Private Engagement for Better Health

The private sector is a key provider of priority health-care services. But too often it is overlooked or not fully integrated into the health system. The public sector frequently does not have accurate information about the size and scope of the private…

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