Afghan Public Health Institute

APHI is the academic and intellectual body of MoPH which develops HR for public health; coordinates and conducts researches; gathers, and analyzes health data and synthesizes required health information for making and advocating decisions, policies and plans; for the purposes of improving the quality of health system performance and attaining the long term goals of the MoPH:

  • Established in 1963 with the support from the German Government, but after 25 yrs of fruitful activities, became dormant during the years of war and unrest.
  • In October 2003, the Post Emergency Public Health Center of Afghanistan (PEPCHA) established via Cooperative Agreement with the National Center for Environmental Health/CDC, which leaded to revival of APHI.
  • Officially Revived in July 2006 as the academic and intellectual body of MoPH to technically support and serve other departments of the MoPH.
  • APHI intended to improve the capacity of MoPH in:
    • Training the national public health workforce on modern public health and management,
    • Conducting/ Coordinating Research to assess the existing health situation, health system performances and their impact.
    • Improving disease surveillance and DEWS and timely response,
    • Utilizing data and generating Information for evidence based policy & decision making,
  • A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed in this regard with CDC/ HHS USA, in which the Initial collaboration of the partners is focusing in two main areas: MCH and AI preparedness.
  • APHI consists of the following 5 depts.:
    • Public Health Research
    • Public Health and Management Training
    • Surveillance & DEWS
    • Health Promotion and
    • Public Health Labs
  • Total Staff (Technical, admin and support) of APHI is 298 and is located on the 3rd floor of the main building of MoPH; its labs are located close to Artal Bridge in the center of the city.