Background

Jalalabad is situated on near the Pakistanese border; 150 km southeast of Kabul . An estimated 300000 people live in Jalalabad. Streets are unsurfaced, canalisation and public telephone networks are not existent, and power supply is not reliable.

The MCH-Clinic is situated in an urban slum. Twelve employees, a pediatrist, a gynaecologist, four nurses, a pharmacist, a medical educator, a lab assistant, two guards and one cleaning person, work in a hired building every weekday. For a small salary they treat and care for around 120 women and children daily.

The facility started their activities in February 1999 with two female doctors. It became a place of refuge for many people.