Training

Year family medicine was established:

2004

Type of Training: Residency at the HFMA program.

Length of Training: Three Years in Length

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: There is only one true residency program that offers family medicine training in the entire country. This is the HFMA program.

Number of family medicine residents graduating each year: Seven Male and 1 Female doctors are being trained each residency round and so 8 doctors in total graduate each year.

practice

Physician to population ratio: 284 per 100,000 physicians.

Other primary care deliverers: There are nurses, pharmacists, and specialists.

Gatekeeping: No

DALY: 76,578 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 65.4 years

• Males 2017: 62.8 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 240 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 192 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 66%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• NO

Training:

There are 8 graduating family doctors each year from the HFMA residency program. There is only really one true family medicine program in the entire country that is approved by the country's ministry of health. The HFMA is 3 years in length. Medical school is 6 years in length and following residency the doctor is deemed a family physician.

Practice:

Family medicine is not truly recognized by the healthcare system and this is shown with the lack of funding that is present and the lack of residency programs. WHO is working towards aiding Afghanistan implement the National Health Policy that was put in place in 2015. This includes opening functional health facilities, training enough doctors, and ensuring the delivery of healthcare to those in poor environments.