Taufiq Mashal

Biographic Data

ID1406198
NAMETaufiq Mashal
GIVEN NAMESTaufiq
FAMILY NAMEMashal
SIGNATUREMASHAL T
AFFILIATIONSMinistry of Public Health
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX0

  • Coverage and inequalities in maternal and child health interventions in Afghanistan

    Open AccessNadia Akseer, Zaid Bhatti et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2016

    Afghanistan is a pervasively poor and conflict-prone nation that has only recently experienced a decade of relative stability. Though donor investments during this period have been plentiful and have contributed to rebuilding of health infrastructure in the country, glaring inequities remain. A resolution to scaling up health coverage in insecure and isolated regions, and improving accessibility for the poorest and marginalised populations, shoul…

  • Improving nutrition in Afghanistan through a community-based growth monitoring and promotion programme

    Open AccessMaureen Mayhew, Paul Ickx et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2014

    In Afghanistan, malnutrition in children less than 60 months of age remains high despite nutritional services being offered in health facilities since 2003. Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health solicited extensive community consultation to develop pictorial community-based growth monitoring and promotion (cGMP) tools to help illiterate community health workers (CHWs) provide nutritional assessment and counselling. The planned evaluation in the…

  • Factors associated with the health and nutritional status of children under 5 years of age in Afghanistan

    Open AccessTaufiq Mashal, Takehito Takano et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    A lack of education of the mothers, child marriage, lack of maternal autonomy, shortage of basic material needs and internal displacement showed independent and significant negative associations with child health and nutritional variables in this country that has experienced a long period of conflict

  • Economic Evaluation of Measles Catch-Up and Follow-Up Campaigns in Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003

    Open AccessMaya Vijayaraghavan, Fabio Lievano et al.ARTICLEDisasters2006References: 15

    This paper assesses the cost-effectiveness of, and the return on the investment in, the 2002 catch-up and the 2003 follow-up measles campaigns in Afghanistan from the perspective of the donor. The catch-up campaign targeted nearly 12 million children aged between six months and 12 years, while the follow-up campaign targeted over five million children aged between 9 and 59 months. Both campaigns successfully vaccinated approximately 96 per cent o…