Improving the Delivery of Maternal Health Services in Afghanistan

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As the popularity of continued involvement in Afghanistan begins to decline and talk of a coordinated exit becomes more prevalent, international efforts to contain Afghanistan's health crisis develop a new sense of urgency. Despite struggles to improve health, there has been significant progress in certain areas. Programs that target specific diseases have boosted immunization rates. Tremendous strides have also been made in expanding access to care in rural areas. But serious challenges remain, in particular maternal health. If not properly addressed, Afghanistan will remain at the bottom of the rankings on maternal mortality. Given the conditions for women in Afghanistan, a health issue in such urgent need cannot afford to be ignored.In this paper, I argue that comprehensive delivery of health services must include a stronger commitment to lowering mortality rates through innovative and targeted methods. Efforts to improve the health sector must take a "diagonal" approach, using low-

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