Lessons from the development process of the Afghanistan integrated package of essential health services

Sayed Ataullah Saeedzai; Karl Blanchet; Ala Alwan; Najibullah Safi; Ahmad Salehi; Neha S. Singh; Gerard Joseph Abou Jaoude; Shafiq Mirzazada; Wahid Majrooh; Ahmad Jan Naeem; Jolene Skordis-Worral; Zulfiqar A. Bhutta; Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli; Fahrad Farewar; Isabelle Lange; William Newbrander; Ritsuko Kakuma; Teri Reynolds; Ferozuddin Feroz

doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012508

Lessons from the development process of the Afghanistan integrated package of essential health services

Sayed Ataullah Saeedzai
, Karl Blanchet
, Ala Alwan
, Najibullah Safi
, Ahmad Salehi
, Neha S. Singh
, Gerard Joseph Abou Jaoude
, Shafiq Mirzazada
, Wahid Majrooh
, Ahmad Jan Naeem
, Jolene Skordis-Worral
, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli
, Fahrad Farewar
, Isabelle Lange
, William Newbrander
, Ritsuko Kakuma
, Teri Reynolds
, Ferozuddin Feroz

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Abstract

In 2017, in the middle of the armed conflict with the Taliban, the Ministry of Public Health decided that the Afghan health system needed a well-defined priority package of health services taking into account the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases and injuries and benefiting from the latest evidence published by DCP3. This leads to a 2-year process involving data analysis, modelling and national consultations, which produce this Integrated Package of Essential health Services (IPEHS). The IPEHS was finalised just before the takeover by the Taliban and could not be implemented. The Afghanistan experience has highlighted the need to address not only the content of a more comprehensive benefit package, but also its implementation and financing. The IPEHS could be used as a basis to help professionals and the new authorities to define their priorities.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e012508
Journal	BMJ Global Health
Volume	8
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012508
Publication status	Published - 28 Sept 2023
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Saeedzai, S. A., Blanchet, K., Alwan, A., Safi, N., Salehi, A., Singh, N. S., Abou Jaoude, G. J., Mirzazada, S., Majrooh, W., Naeem, A. J., Skordis-Worral, J., Bhutta, Z. A., Haghparast-Bidgoli, H., Farewar, F., Lange, I., Newbrander, W., Kakuma, R., Reynolds, T., & Feroz, F. (2023). Lessons from the development process of the Afghanistan integrated package of essential health services. BMJ Global Health, 8(9), Article e012508. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012508

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