The health sector plays a critical role in achieving sustainable development goals, reducing inequality, and improving quality of life. While major progress has been made in expanding access to health care services in Afghanistan, significant challenges remain around equity, health system resilience, and evidence-informed planning. Meanwhile, a heavy reliance on donor funding, fragmented health system architecture and outdated health delivery model further compounds the problem. ELCS public health professionals provide support to governments, development partners and international organizations in health system reform, building resilient health systems, and devising data driven frameworks to improve population health outcomes, while ensuring adoption of a rapid and coordinated response to public health threats.

Core Services:

1. Health Systems Strengthening: health system research and policy development, governance, and capacity building and performance improvement
2. Public Health Preparedness and Response: Rapid deployment mechanisms, medical logistics, and outbreak response management.
3. Public Health Policy & Strategy: Health security frameworks, regulatory support, and multi-sector coordination.
4. Community Health & Risk Communication: Behavior change communication, community engagement, and trust-building.
5. One health and cross-sector coordination framework design
6. Laboratory & Diagnostic Strengthening: Infrastructure design, QA systems, and workforce development.