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CONTENTS

Massage from IbnSina President& CEO…............................….01

Mission of IbnSina Afghanistan …………......................……….02

Major Achievements……………………….........……………….03

Health Care Activities (In Afghanistan)…....................................06

Health Care Activities (In Pakistan)………..................................07

Institute of Public Health and Management Sciences (IPHMS)..08

The IbnSina Afghanistan School……………........................…….10

Community Education Recourse Centers.......................................11

Coordination ………………………………...…………………….12

Ministry of Economy Appreciates IbnSina Activities....................13

IbnSina Audit Report………………………………………...........14

Other events .………………….………..…….…….……..............16

IbnSina Activity Map ….…………………….….………...............17

Mission of IbnSina Afghanistan

To improve health, specially that of women and children, with emphasis on cost effective Primary Health Care (PHC) interventions, and capacity building within the community at national, organizational and community levels, thus helping communities to help themselves

Summary of Achievement

Introduction

IbnSina Public Health Program Afghanistan is a registered non-governmental, non-political, no-profit organization, working primarily in the health, education and training sectors. IbnSina’s extensive interventions in the health care sector in nine provinces of Afghanistan, enabled it to deliver the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS), prescribed by the Ministry of Public Health of Afghanistan, to over three million people.
In addition, in 2006 IbnSina Afghanistan focused its efforts on promoting the education sector-- at the primary level through initiating a private sector school in Kabul; in a non-formal set-up through community education resource centers; and at the tertiary level through the Masters Degree Course offered at the IbnSina Institute of Public Health and Management Sciences (IPHMS).

Major Achievements 2006

Operated 130 health facilities including Basic Health Centers, Comprehensive Health Centers, District and Provincial Hospitals, in 55 districts of 10 provinces of Afghanistan and supported 1168 community Health Posts and 132 EPI teams

Treated 1,239,030 patients at IbnSina health facilities, 64% of whom were women and children below five years of age.
Received Letters of Appreciation from government ministries, provincial and district government agencies, and community groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
IbnSina’s Sar-i-pul project received a cash bonus from World Bank, for substantially improving quality of health care provision in its target area.

Managed a staff of 1968 people and 1944 volunteers

The first batch of 20 Afghan MD doctors, including five women, completed the first of three semesters of the 18-month Masters Degree course in Public Health, and started the second semester, at the IbnSina Institute of Public Health and Management Sciences
Trained 1858 Afghan health care providers and managers, including IbnSina staff, as well as staff of the Ministry of Public Health and other national and international health NGOs, in short training workshops.
The IbnSina Afghanistan School in Kabul successfully completed its first academic year with 220 students, and was registered with the Ministry of Education of Afghanistan

Initiated community midwife education programs in Laghman and Paktia provinces, and deployed 80 midwives, trained by IbnSina at the Mazar Institute of Health Sciences.

Trained and deployed 19 community midwives in different districts of Sar-i-pul province.
Signed an agreement with the University of Peshawar Pakistan for cooperation and collaboration, to build better understanding in the region through academic and research exchanges through the IbnSina Institute of Public Health and Management Sciences.
Signed a formal protocol with the Institute of Management Sciences (IMS) in Peshawar affiliating the IbnSina Institute of Public Health and Management Sciences with IMS.
Operated three community education resource centers, two in Laghman and one in Kunar provinces, providing computer, English and Arabic languages, and Math courses for over 1512 boys and girls

HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES

IN PAKISTAN

In Pakistan, IbnSina continued to implement its emergency health relief project in the earthquake-affected northern areas of Pakistan.

IbnSina started its interventions in Batagram and Mansehra districts of the North West Frontier Province in October 2005, within days of the violent earthquake that devastated parts of north western Pakistan. Up to March 2006, IbnSina Afghanistan supported four Basic Health Centers, including one in Dadar, and one within the UNHCR-supported Banda Sahib Khan displacement camp, in Havelian. The other two IbnSina clinics were located in Batamorri and Shemlai.
In the second half of the year, IbnSina obtained a No Objection Certificate from the government of Pakistan and was formally registered as an NGO working in the earthquake affected areas. It then established three more clinics in Shungli Payan village in Batagram, and Ranoli and Jijial in Kohistan district. IbnSina clinics were able to assist over 200,000 people, providing essential life-saving interventions.

The IbnSina clinics were visited by various representatives of the Provincial government, district and provincial health authorities, WHO, Unicef, and the Pakistan army, who appreciated IbnSina’s professionalism and genuine service for suffering people.

EDUCATION - NEW VENTURES IN 2006
IbnSina Institute of Public Health and Management Sciences Offers
Masters Degree in Public Health

The IbnSina Institute of Public Health and Management Sciences (IPHMS) had landmark achievements to boast in the past calendar year, and in July 2006, the Institute moved into its nearly complete building in Ahmad Shah Baba Mena suburb of Kabul.

In July 2006, IbnSina IPHMS launched the first ever Masters Degree course in Public Health (MPH) to be conducted in Kabul Afghanistan, in collaboration with the Institute of Management Sciences (IMS), an accredited and registered higher education institution in Peshawar Pakistan. Twenty Afghan MD doctors, including five women, are enrolled in the 18-month course, divided into three six-month semesters, each semester covering six modules of the training.
At the end of the first semester, in October 2006, IMS invited the MPH students for a study visit to IMS Peshawar, where the MPH team visited a number of hospitals and higher education institutions, including Peshawar University. During a meeting with the Vice Chancellor of the University,
IbnSina IPHMS and Peshawar University signed a formal MOU for cooperating and collaborating to promote regional understanding through academic and research exchanges between the two institutions.

In early September 2006, the Institute’s senior management, including the Director and the President and CEO of IbnSina Afghanistan, went on an exposure visit to the Netherlands. The trip sponsored by donor Cordaid involved visits to reputed institutes such as Management for Development Foundation, Royal Tropical Institute, St. Radboud School, among others.

The objectives of the trip were to visit these established institutions and learn from their experiences and strategies, to get ideas for developing directions for the fledgling institution – IbnSina IPHMS, and to forge links for cooperation and support with one or more of these institutions.

Other achievements of the IbnSina Institute included, developing a three-year strategic plan for IPHMS, drafting the Institute’s Constitution, and conducting its second Advisory Committee meeting in October 2006.

In addition, IPHMS conducted 16 short training courses on health and management related topics, for 266 health professionals and managers.

EDUCATION – NEW VENTURES IN 2006

The IbnSina Afghanistan School

IbnSina Afghanistan responded to the urgent need for quality education for school-going children in Kabul, in April 2006, by establishing the first of a chain of private sector schools, in Kabul.

The IbnSina Afghanistan School offers affordable quality education for boys and girls, in a friendly environment, following the national curriculum, strengthened with additional inputs such as English language and computer skills from primary school level, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities, aiming to develop character and personality simultaneously with intellect.

With its highly motivated and committed staff of teachers, the school successfully completed its first academic session with 220 students.

In October 2006 IbnSina Afghanistan signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Education, getting formal permission to run the school up to high school level, and to establish four more similar schools in four major cities of Afghanistan. IbnSina plans to establish its second school in Mazar-e-Sharif in the coming year

Community Education Resource Centers

In mid- year 2006, IbnSina Afghanistan responded to formal requests from the provincial government authorities and communities in Laghman and Kunar provinces, and took over support of two Community Education Resource Centers in Laghman (Mehterlam and Qarghaie) and one center in Asadabad Kunar.
The three IbnSina Community Education Resource Centers provided informal education opportunities for over 1512 young literate boys and girls in rural and semi-rural districts, providing them with language and computer literacy skills that enhance their ability to avail of higher education and employment opportunities. These three centers offer courses in English and Arabic languages, as well as

computer and Math skill courses for boys and girls, thus preparing them with the skills required to enter the contemporary job market, or to compete for higher education opportunities in Afghanistan and abroad.

COORDINATION AND COOPERATION

IbnSina Afghanistan coordinated its programs closely, with related government ministries and provincial offices, as well as with other governmental and non-governmental organizations working in the area. This included sharing of information, expertise and other resources, as well as building capacities of government sector workers, as well as of other local non-governmental organizations. IbnSina is also a member of the Afghan NGO coordination Bureau
( ANCB).

IbnSina Afghanistan partnered with the Ministry of Public Health in the implementation of all its health care projects, and actively contributed to building the physical and technical capacities of Provincial Health Directorates. In addition it supported the following NGOs:

Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA): As trustee of the Asian Development Bank, IbnSina supported CHA in implementing the Basic Package of Health Services in Ghor province, through its 5 health facilities, serving a population of 100,000 Agha Khan Development Network (AKDN): As trustee of the Asian Development Bank, IbnSina supported AKDN in implementing the Basic Package of Health Services Badakhshan province, through its 5 health facilities, serving a population of 130,000.

Afghan Help & Training Program (AHTP): IbnSina built the capacity of the Afghan NGO, AHTP, supporting it technically and materially in implementing basic health care in two districts of Paktia province, as part of its Paktia program.

Afghan German Help Coordination Office (AGHCO): IbnSina is building the technical capacity of this NGO, by partnering with it in implementing a community midwife education project in Paktia.

MRCA: IbnSina assisted the French NGO MRCA in procurement of drug consignments.

Outside Afghanistan, IbnSina Afghanistan’s Institute signed protocols of collaboration with the Management for Development Foundation in the Netherlands and the Indian Institute of Health Management and Research in Jaipur, India. It also became formally affiliated with the Institute of Management Sciences in Peshawar Pakistan.