The World Bank's health funding in Afghanistan

Sehatmandi has a vision to ensure that good-quality, evidence-based services are provided based on the needs of the population, through proactive strategies favouring continuity of care and focused attention for disease prevention and health promotion.2 Sehatmandi builds on the introduction in Afghanistan in 2003 of a Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS).3 Two decades ago, Afghanistan was considered to have one of the highest maternal and child mortality rates in the world, and progress since then has been impressive. According to UN data, between 2003 and 2015, mortality in children younger than 5 years decreased by 29% (from 128 to 91 deaths per 1000 livebirths). The Aga Khan Development Network and the Agency for Assistance and Development of Afghanistan are non-governmental organisations and implementers of Sehatmandi; the Ministry of Public Health manages Sehatmandi on behalf of the World Bank.