Delivery of BPHS under Sehatmandi Project in Baghlan Province:
Bakhtar Development Network has been responsible for providing Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) in Baghlan province since 2005 under different contracts with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) such as Rural Expansion of Afghanistan’s Community-based Healthcare (REACH), Performance-Based Partnership Grant (PPG), Partnership Contract for Health (PCH), SEHAT-II and Sehatmandi till end of...
Delivery of BPHS under Health Emergency Response (HER) Project in Balkh Province:
Bakhter Development Network has been implementing BPHS for around 1,443,924 people in Balkh Province since 2014. The implementation of BPHS continued under HER project started in Feb 2023 and will be ended by 31 Mar 2025. The fund is from World Bank channeled through UNICEF and contracted with BDN. The...
BDN is an Afghan non-governmental and developmental organization. Since its establishment in 2001, it was engaged in improving access to quality health care and other community based developmental projects in Afghanistan. It has a history of successful implementation of health and other developmental projects funded by various donors for more than 18 years all around Afghanistan.
Its experience, expertise and understanding of the situation,...
KHULM DISTRICT, Balkh Province – Winter announces itself with a soft snowfall. The sidewalks are empty but some people walk across the yard of a hospital. Inside the hospital, one can hear whispers of congratulations—it is a special day for Bibi Sediqa, she has just become a grandmother.
“Luckily for the first time my daughter’s child survived. She had always lost her child immediately...
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) Summary Report
Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding;
The aim of the Global Strategy is to improve:
Through optimal feeding – the nutritional status, growth and development, health, and thus the survival of infants and young children
It supports exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months, with timely, adequate, safe and appropriate complementary feeding, while continuing breastfeeding for two years...
Celebrating of Worldwide Breast-feeding Week:
The Worldwide Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in Herat that was organized by BDN (Bakhtar Development Network) Office. A number of provincial health authorities, partners, and stakeholders were invited for the ceremony that was arranged in total of 22 health facilities in the city and district of Herat. The program and plan for celebration was closely coordinated with the provincial...
System Enhancement for Health Action in Transition (SEHAT):
Executive Summary:
This is a MOPH /World Bank funded project designed to provide quality and equitable BPHS to the targeted population of Daikundi province under the stewardship of the MoPH and to reduce avoidable morbidity and mortality among Daikundi population, especially women and under five children. The project started on first Jan 2017 and completed in 30...
