KABUL (Agencies): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says it plans to build public clinics in 300 districts of the country so that at least the people of Afghanistan have access to basic health services. Qalandar Ebad, acting minister of health, said during an accountability report that health services are difficult in remote parts of the country and the Islamic Emirate will provide health services for the people in a better way considering the facilities. “Health services in the provinces and the suburban areas are greatly affected, especially at the district level, and nearly 300 districts do not have clinics and hospitals,” said Ebad. He also added that in order to provide better health services, they have signed memorandums of understanding with national and international institutions, adding that over the past year, more than 39,000 drug addicts have been treated. He said that a 4.2 billion AFN budget was allocated for them and they were able to issue licenses for 685 private health centers and for 6,000 health personnel. “The normal budget of 3.6 billion afghanis was allocated to us, of which 55% has been used and 45% is left,” said Ebad. “We were allocated 576 million afghanis for the development budget, of which we used 52%, and in 1401, we were allocated 4.2 billion afghanis, of which we used 54 percent,” he added. Health officials also said that two cases of polio have been recorded in the country, and that 1.3 million malnourished children have been treated in the past year. According to them, currently more than 4,000 hospitals are operating throughout the country. Over the past year, 15,000 tons of low-quality and outdated materials have been collected by this ministry, and all the usurped government lands have also been reclaimed. According to health officials, more than 22% of the ministry’s employees are women.
Health ministry to build public clinics in 300 districts
