Health facilities in 7 provinces lack basic equipment: Survey

KABUL facilities in seven provinces are lacking basic health equipment and thus unable to serve ailing people properly, a survey report shows.

The Ministry of Public Health with support of USAID and ICF surveyed health services in seven provinces — Paktia, Balkh, Herat, Kabul, Kandahar, Kunduz and Nangarhar — and it final outcome was announced on Tuesday.

Addressing reporters here, Mamuse Zaiwar, Admin and Finance Secretary at the Ministry of Public Health, said the evaluation covered reproductive healthcare, family planning, mother-child health, non-epidemic diseases, health services within hospitals and 142 health clinics.

The survey was conducted from January 2018 to January 2019 in which interviews were conducted with more than 1,000 health services providers.

According to the survey, over 90 percent of health facilities have bathrooms for patients, proper electricity and advanced water facilities but they lack basic health equipment.

Nearly four-third health facilities provide services to pregnant women before childbirth but the health service providers still do not note accurate date of birth of children and reasons for complicated pregnancy.

The survey says normal child delivery services are available in 81 health services. Asian countries are experiencing surge in health problems such as sugar, heart disease and respiratory diseases.

In its report the Ministry of Public Health wrote: “It is important that Afghanistan’s health services facilities should be able to diagnose and properly cure non-epidemic diseases.”

According to the information of health ministry, out of every 10 health institutions, eight provide health services in heart disease, sugar and respiratory diseases.

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