September 21, 2009
Successful Start to Implementation of Action Plans in the Virtual Fostering Change Program for FP/MNCH Teams in Asia
Eight teams from Afghanistan, Indonesia, Jordan, and Nepal who participated in the first English offering of the VFCP concluded Part I of the program focused on developing action plans to introduce a best practice in public health. …
August 10, 2009
Teams Successfully Complete the First Virtual NGO Board Governance for Family Planning and Reproductive Health Organizations
In May 2009, 7 NGO teams from Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria working in family planning and reproductive health successfully completed MSH’s first offering of the Virtual NGO Board Governance Program in English. …
January 26, 2009
USAID/Afghanistan Increases the LMS Tech-Serve Project’s Funding and Scope of Work
In late 2008, USAID/Afghanistan increased the Tech-Serve Project’s funding by US$19.9 million, bringing the total funding to $49.7 million for the four-year project. …
October 31, 2008
“Contracting for health services: Effects of utilization and quality on the costs of the Basic Package of Health Services in Afghanistan” Published in WHO Journal
In August 2008, Bulletin of the World Health Organization published “Contracting for health services: Effects of utilization and quality on the costs of the Basic Package of Health Services in Afghanistan,” written by LMS staff. …
September 22, 2008
LMS/Afghanistan Distributes Highest Level of Pharmaceuticals for Any Quarter
Tech-Serve, the LMS Associate Award in Afghanistan, distributed US$785,000 in pharmaceuticals to NGOs, including more than $225,000 in contraceptives, from April to June 2008. …
July 25, 2008
Institutionalization of the Leadership Development Program within the Afghan Ministry of Public Health
The LMS Tech-Serve project in Afghanistan provided training to a national pool of trainers and facilitators for MSH’s Leadership Development Program (LDP). …
June 30, 2008
Ministry of Public Health Unit Becomes First Afghan Government Agency Certified by the U.S. Government to Receive Significant Direct Funding
The Grants and Contracts Management Unit (GCMU) of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) in Afghanistan oversees the awarding and management of service delivery grants to private-sector health service providers. …
April 21, 2008
Leadership Networking Workshop Held for Hospital Directors in Afghanistan
Tech-Serve, the LMS Associate Award in Afghanistan, has been running a series of Leadership Development Programs (LDPs) for Provincial Health Teams since late 2006. …
January 7, 2008
Tech-Serve: Update and Annual Report
Tech-Serve, the LMS program in Afghanistan, recently completed its first annual report, covering the period from July 2006 to September 2007. …
December 17, 2007
Scaling Up Family Planning Services in Afghanistan
Scaling up family planning is one of the main elements of the ceiling increase for the Tech-Serve Associate Award which MSH submitted to the Mission in November. …
October 11, 2007
New MSH Occasional Paper: Challenges and Successes in Family Planning in Afghanistan
“Challenges and Successes in Family Planning in Afghanistan,” the latest MSH Occasional Paper, was published September 2007. …
June 28, 2007
Provincial Level Leadership Development Program (LDP) in Afghanistan Shows Early Evidence of Improvements in Health Status of the Rural Population
Tech-Serve is implementing its Management Support for Provinces (MSP) initiative by training and mentoring provincial health managers …
June 1, 2007
MSH Staff Publish a Study of the Costs of Health Services in Afghanistan
Bill Newbrander, Rick Yoder, and Anne Bilby Debevoise’s work has just been published by the International Journal of Health Planning and Management. …
May 17, 2007
Recent Tech-Serve/ Afghanistan Accomplishments
LMS is working with the central and provincial Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) to build leadership and management capacity to address priority public health needs …
April 20, 2007
“Innovations in Family Planning: The Accelerating Contraceptive Use Project in Afghanistan"
Afghanistan’s reproductive health needs are overwhelming — a total fertility rate of 6.7 children per woman—one of the world’s highest …
December 1, 2006
Highlights from the TechServe Project in Afghanistan
TechServe (Technical Support to the Central and Provincial Ministry of Public Health [MOPH]) supported the MOPH to restart and reconstitute its Health Financing and Sustainability Task Force. …
October 5, 2006
Afghan Minister of Health Pledges Support for the TechServe Project.
LMS conducted a 3-day Partners Alignment Meeting to engage TechServe partners and stakeholders in a shared vision for developing leadership and management for health results in Afghanistan …
July 28, 2006
Afghanistan: Tech-Serve Project Begins
To address the need for quality health care in the country, USAID/Afghanistan and LMS have developed an Associate Award to provide capacity building support to the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH). …
January 17, 2006
Leadership Development Program (LDP) Scales-Up in Afghanistan
In December, LMS continued its collaboration with the USAID bilateral, REACH, and the Ministry of Population and Health (MOPH). …
January 6, 2006
LMS initiates planning to receive an Associate Award from USAID/Afghanistan
USAID/Afghanistan plans to develop two follow-on projects to replace its current bilateral, REACH. …
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