name: Aga Khan Health Service Afghanistan
text: With community health programmes in large geographical areas in Central and South Asia, as well as East Africa, and more than 200 health facilities including nine hospitals, the Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) is one of the most comprehensive private not-for-profit health care systems in the developing world. Building on the Ismaili Community's health care efforts in the first half of the 20th century, AKHS now provides primary health care and curative medical care in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Pakistan, and Tanzania, and provides technical assistance to government in health service delivery in Kenya, Syria and Tajikistan.
  
  AKHS is one of three agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) that support activities in the field of health, the others being the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF), and the Aga Khan University (AKU). It works closely with both of these agencies on planning, training, and resource development and with the Aga Khan Education Services and the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services on the integration of health issues into specific projects. 
  
  AKHS is organised into national service companies in Afghanistan, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Social Welfare Department (SWD) located within the Secretariat of the Aga Khan in France, co-ordinates the activities of the service companies through five-year plans, ten-year projections, annual budget submissions, and the provision of technical assistance. They are also linked internationally through network-wide strategies in human resource development, hospital management, nursing development, and primary health care. While strengthening its institutions and the links between them, each health service company also joins government health services and other providers in building effective national health systems.
  
  AKHS's overall major initiatives currently include: 
  
  - Assisting communities to develop, manage, and sustain the health care they need. 
  - Providing accessible medical care in modern, efficient, and cost-effective facilities. 
  - Working in partnership with other agencies in the development of communities and the enhancement of their health. 
  - Educating physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. 
  - Conducting research relevant to environments in which AKHS institutions exist. 
  - Contributing to the development of national and international health policy.
  
  http://www.akdn.org/agency/akhs.html