Under the IPPF NORAD-funded project, AFGA launched a Health Center in the Ghulam Jan district of Balkh province. The Family Health House (FHH) in this district offers quality health services such as Antenatal Care/Postnatal Care (ANC/PNC), Family Planning (FP), childbirth delivery and growth monitoring, screening and referring, and counseling services to the children under 5 years old who have critical health conditions. Bibi Hangama, a midwife of Ghulam Jan FHH, offers 24-hour health services to the women and children in the village, who are mainly poor and are deprived of primary health services. 

Besides, Bibi Hangama provides counseling services on clean dressing, proper nutrition, and hygiene. Furthermore, she provides health education to the village people for an hour daily. Ghulam Jan village is one of the 137 villages in Balkh province where 1,060 families live. The nearest health center to this village is 15 KM far, which is equivalent to a three-hour walk for a pregnant woman. People of this village have been deprived of health services and health centers for decades. Hundreds of mothers lost their lives due to a lack of health facilities, and still, a high percentage of mothers die during childbirth. By launching the Ghulam Jan FHH, the first solid step is being taken by AFGA and IPPF to provide quality health services to the people in this village. 

“This is the first time that the people of Ghulam Jan village consider themselves the owner of a health center. They are thrilled and grateful to AFGA for launching the FHH.” 

Bibi Hangama said. 

Under the NORAD-funded project, AFGA has established a total of 15 FHHs in different district of Balkh province that provides health services to the vulnerable populations in the white areas. Through financial support of IPPF’s NORAD Project, AFGA implements a project with the goal of saving the lives of women and girls through Improving Reproductive Health (RH), and Maternal and Child Health (MCH) provides quality RH and MCH services through a multi-pronged, community-led approach in 11 rural provinces of Afghanistan. n.