AFG: Afghan Mobile Health Teams Bring care To Remote Mountain Villages

RAQUOL, AFGHANISTAN - JUNE 9: Doctor Basir Ahmad Jaghori (R) rides a donkey with his medical team to the top of the mountain pass on a two hour trek June 9, 2011, heading to the mountain village of Raquol, in Panjab district, Afghanistan. Dr. Jaghori and his team had to carry everything in by foot and donkey. The team saw160 patients during the monthly visit to the village where people came from ten outlying villages as well. Mobile health units (MHU) employed by the Agency for Assistance and Development of Afghanistan (AADA) supported by the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) cover communities that are inaccessible, underserved and underprivileged. There are six mobile health teams working in Bamiyan, Yakawlang, Waras, Panjab and Kahmard districts. Each mobile health unit consists of a doctor, a mid-wife, and a vaccinator. Their mandate is to reach approximately 100,000 individuals in 400 villages providing free medical health care. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)