MEC Monitoring the Health Sector in Afghanistan - 2nd Follow-up report, Jan 2017

This is MEC’s second follow-up report. The first follow up report, published on 9th November 2016, was not positive. It concluded that after initial activities, progress in several areas had stalled. Further, several of the MOPH claims could not be verified from the information that was provided at the time. In contrast, over the past 3 months – October, November, December, MOPH has been extremely active, with many interventions initiated. The evidence shows that the momentum has picked up considerably and that finding solutions to the challenges is being taken seriously. The principal progress has been with the National Health and Medical product Regulatory Authority (NHMRA), which has replaced and superseded the General Directorate of Pharmacy. NHMRA has succeeded in implementing and partially implementing a large number of interventions on critical processes and systems that should significantly reduce corruption. Overall, progress has been good this quarter