TABLE 1.

Average Population and Services Per Facility by Level of Care in 2018, Afghanistan

MHTsHSCsBHCsCHCsDHs
Sampled number of facilities715151515
Catchment population7,5006,56113,20130,12359,237
 Range1,500–12,0624,320–11,6625,117–37,59012,376–49,9128,182–153,000
Types of service in BPHS package79818386155
Types of BPHS services provided45555662113
 Range42–4749–6150–6557–6699–130
Non-BPHS services provided62466
 Range5–71–32–54–74–8
Percentage of BPHS services provided5768677273
 Range53–5960–7560–7866–7663–83
Number of BPHS services29,92018,84028,54751,876125,518
 Range13,794–67,2595,124–38,20715,985–46,47822,828–124,93839,181–226,515
Number of non-BPHS services3,6231322,2004,2011,745
Total number of services33,54218,97130,74756,077127,264
Total BPHS services per capita3.992.872.161.722.12
Total non-BPHS services per capita0.480.020.170.140.03
Total services per capita4.472.892.331.862.15
 Range1.1–7.60.7–8.01.2–5.50.7–3.70.5–5.3
  • Abbreviations: BPHS, Basic Package of Health Services; BHC, basic health center; CHC, comprehensive health center; DH, district hospital; HSC, health sub-center; MHT, mobile health team.