Afghanistan NCDI Poverty Commission
The Afghanistan NCDI Poverty Commission launched its report on July 31, 2019, at a dissemination workshop hosted by the Ministry of Public Health. Key staff from the Ministry attended the event, along with Commission members and representatives from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNFPA, and implementing nongovernmental organizations.
The workshop was chaired by Dr. Bashir Amhad Hamid, General Director of Preventive Medicine, and Dr. Sayeed Attaullah Saidzai, General Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, and Health Information Systems at the Ministry.
After Dr. Saidzai welcomed participants, Dr. Said Habib Arwal, the Ministry of Public Health’s Director of NCDs, presented the report. Dr. Arwal, who also serves as the Commission Co-Chair and Coordinator, gave details about Afghanistan’s burden of noncommunicable diseases and injuries and the country’s activities. He also presented the key objectives, methodology, findings, and recommendations of the report.
The full Afghanistan Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries (NCDI) Poverty Commission Report is available for download here.
Commission Membership
Dr. Said Arwal presented the Afghanistan Noncommunicable Diseases and Injuries (NCDI) Poverty Commission Report in July 2019.
Commission Co-Chair and Coordinator
Said Habib Arwal — Director of NCDs, Afghanistan Ministry of Public Health (MoPH); Focal point, WHO Framework for Convention of Tobacco Control, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH)
Commission Co-Chair
Bashir Noormal - Director General, Afghanistan National Public Health Institute
Commissioners
Homa Aksir — Training Director, Malalai Maternity Hospital
Palwasha Anwari — Representative of the Canada Embassy Health Program with the Ministry of Public Health, Canadian Embassy
Alim Atarud — Deputy Program Manager, United Nations Development Program
Noor Ahmad Eshaqzai — National Program Manager, Office for Research and Community Development
Aziza Habib — World Health Organization
Farhad Farewar — Acting Director, Health Economics and Financing Directorate, MoPH
Hamyoun Gerdiwal — Board Member, Khatiz Public Health Association
Basher Ahmid Hamid — General Director for Preventive Medicine, MoPH
Aman Iqbal — Master Trainer, Afghanistan National Public Health Institute, MoPH
Khwaja Mir Islam Saeed — Director, Grant and Contract Management Unit, MoPH
Ahmad Masud — European Union/German Agency for International Cooperation
Ahmad Ali Shah Momand — Manager, Technical and Pharmacy, Organization for Research and Community Development
Ahmadullah Molakhail — United Nations Population Fund
Adiba Muhammadi — MoPH
Sonia Mujaddidi — Administrator, MoPH
Shams Murad — NCDI/Tobacco Control Unit, MoPH
Qudratullah Nasrat — Chief Executive Officer, Co-Chair, Health Cluster, Organization for Research and Community Development
Abdullah Noorzai — Senior Advisor to the Deputy Minister for Policy and Planning, MoPH
Abdul Qadir Qadir — General Director, General Directorate of Policy and Planning, MoPH
Nasratullah Rasa — Board Member, Afghanistan National Public Health Association
Said Eftekhar Sadat — Surveillance Director, Evaluation of Health Information System, MoPH
Attaulla Saidzai — General Director, Evaluation of Health Information System, MoPH
Musa Shukoor — Manager, Cancer Control Unit/NCDI Directorate, MoPH