Technical Support to the Central and Provincial Ministry of Public Health (Tech-Serve)

Provinces	Badakhshan, Baghlan, Bamyan, Faryab, Ghazni, Hirat, Jawzjan, Kabul, Kandahar, Khost, Paktika, Paktya, Takhar
Program	Health (Increasing access of women and children to quality basic health services)
Dates	July 2006 - September 2010
Partner	Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
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Tech-Serve aims to build the capacity of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to be the steward of the health system and to improve the health status of the people. Tech-Serve works closely with the MoPH to strengthen its ability to manage the delivery system of the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) and the Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS), primarily through grants to NGO providers; to improve the capacity of the provincial health offices in the 13 USAID-supported provinces to deliver the BPHS and EPHS services; and to support the planning, management, supervision, evaluation and leadership capacity at the MoPH. For example, Tech-Serve has assisted the MoPH to develop national standards of health care delivery, supported the development of a new national child health policy, and worked with the MoPH to improve family planning policies and practices.

Additionally, Tech-Serve purchases and distributes pharmaceuticals to NGO health facilities and hospitals implementing the BPHS and EPHS in the 13 USAID supported provinces.

All Health activities