Nation Building Through Higher Education System Resurgence in Afghanistan

Azimi, Mohammad Naim; Balakarzai, Abdul Tawab

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“…2 Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Science Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kandahar University, Kandahar, Afghanistan. 3 Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Paktia University, Paktia, Afghanistan. 4 Clinic Department, Faculty of Medicine, Bost University, Helmand, Afghanistan.…”

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Afghan medical students’ perceptions, and experiences of their medical education and their professional intentions: a cross-sectional study

Stanikzai,

Wafa,

Akbari

et al. 2023

BMC Med Educ

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Background Numerous challenges have crippled the Afghan healthcare system on individual, organizational, and societal levels. The Afghans have acknowledged that an evidence-based perspective is paramount to enhancing medical training capacities across the country, which may, in turn, best ensure appointing highly competent authorities to address health system problems on such multiple levels. Objectives This study assessed current Afghan senior medical students’ perceptions, and experiences of their medical education and their future professional intentions. Methods We conducted this cross-sectional study at seven public and private Afghan medical institutes from March to April 2022. We invited 665 senior medical students through an anonymous survey using the Google survey online forms via social-media platforms, such as WhatsApp Messenger. Descriptive statistics were employed for the data analyses. Results The mean age (± SD) of the students was 23.7 (± 2.2) years and males constituted 79.9% (510) of the study sample. About 22.6% of them rated their medical training as excellent, and nearly a third of them (37%) said that it is good. Nearly half (48.7%) of the students would prefer to stay in Afghanistan. The leading motives for moving overseas were to obtain more advanced and quality education (69.9%), and a decent personal life (43.9%). Nearly two-thirds (67.4%) of them asserted that current political and armed conflicts in Afghanistan may have influenced their professional choices. Conclusion This study epitomizes that the quality of medical education in Afghanistan has room for growth and development to meet the standards set on regional and global grounds.

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“…The ensuing civil war precipitated female deprivation of any professional training, which resulted in a grave deficiency of female health professionals. The latter has been a hampering problem in Afghan society, where female patient examination by a male doctor is cultural misconduct [3].…”

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Afghan medical students’ perceptions, and experiences of their medical education and their professional intentions: a cross-sectional study

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Wafa,

Akbari

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BMC Med Educ

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“…The nearly half-a-century-long war -that continues to this day -has had profound effects on all aspects of Afghans' lives, medical education being no exception. However, Afghans have partially revived their healthcare and medical education systems recently, and updated medical curricula and teaching methods, with international support [1]. The quality of medical education has, however, been a growing concern in the country [2].…”

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“…The vision for expansion of medical studies has been reinforced by the recently released MoHE Policy 2016-2020 [1,3]. Following up on the MoHE Policy 13 which aimed to enhance medical training capacities nationally, to enable us to address health-related problems on the individual, organisational, and community levels.…”

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Need for rapid scaling-up of medical education in Afghanistan: Challenges and recommendations

Stanikzai¹

2023

IJME

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Contents of antenatal care services in Afghanistan: findings from the national health survey 2018

Stanikzai,

Tawfiq,

Jafari

et al. 2023

BMC Public Health

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Background Maternal and newborn mortality is a public health concern in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Afghanistan, where the evolving socio-political circumstances have added new complexities to healthcare service delivery. Birth outcomes for both pregnant women and their newborns are improved if women receive benefits of quality antenatal care (ANC). Objectives This study aimed to assess the contents of ANC services and identify predictors of utilization of services by pregnant women during ANC visits to health facilities in Afghanistan. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we used data from the Afghanistan Health Survey 2018 (AHS2018). We included a total of 6,627 ever-married women, aged 14–49 years, who had given birth in the past 2 years or were pregnant at the time of survey and had consulted a health worker for ANC services in a health facility. The outcome was defined as 1–4 services and 5–8 services that a pregnant woman received during an ANC visit. The services were (i) taking a pregnant woman’s blood pressure, (ii) weighing her, (iii) testing her blood, (iv) testing her urine, (v) providing advice on nutrition, (vi) advising about complicated pregnancy, (vii) advising about the availability of health services, and (viii) giving her at least one dose of Tetanus Toxoid (TT) vaccine. The binary outcome (1–4 services versus 5–8 services) was used in a multivariable logistic regression model. Results Of all 6,627 women, 31.4% (2,083) received 5–8 services during ANC visits. Only 1.3% (86) received all 8 services, with 98.7% (6,541) receiving between 1 and 7 services, and 71.6% (4,745) women had their blood pressure measured during ANC visits. The likelihood (adOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio) of receiving 5–8 services was higher in women who could read and write (adOR = 1.33: 1.15–1.54), in women whose husbands could read and write (adOR = 1.14: 1.00-1.28), in primipara women (adOR = 1.42: 1.02–1.98), in women who knew one danger sign (adOR = 5.38: 4.50–6.45), those who knew 2 danger signs (adOR = 8.51: 7.12–10.19) and those who knew ≥ 3 danger signs (adOR = 13.19: 10.67–16.29) of complicated pregnancy, and in women who had almost daily access to TV (adOR = 1.16: 1.01–1.33). However, the likelihood of receiving 5–8 services was lower in women who used private clinics (adOR = 0.64: 0.55–0.74) and who received services from nurses (adOR = 0.27 (0.08–0.88). Conclusion Our findings have the potential to influence the design and implementation of ANC services of health interventions to improve the delivery of services to pregnant women during ANC visits.

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Nation Building Through Higher Education System Resurgence in Afghanistan

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Afghan medical students’ perceptions, and experiences of their medical education and their professional intentions: a cross-sectional study

Afghan medical students’ perceptions, and experiences of their medical education and their professional intentions: a cross-sectional study

Need for rapid scaling-up of medical education in Afghanistan: Challenges and recommendations

Contents of antenatal care services in Afghanistan: findings from the national health survey 2018

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