Building Health Security in Afghanistan: A New Strategy

Abstract

The security situation in Afghanistan is complicating development of the nation's civilian health infrastructure in postwar Stability and Reconstruction Operations (SRO's). The Department of Defense (DoD) is responsible for building health capacity within the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Police. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the lead organization for civilian health sector development. One of the many challenges facing USAID is coordinating the different U.S. agencies engaged in development operations. Lack of security is hindering those efforts in some provinces where existing clinics cannot continue to remain open and construction projects experience severe delays. The DoD must improve coordination and synchronization with USAID to operationalize a Whole-of-Government approach to building health security in Afghanistan. This paper will propose a joint DoD/USAID strategy to improve security conditions for developing Afghanistan's civilian health infrastructure in the following areas: (1) DoD security role, (2) USAID mission, (3) Afghan government legitimacy, and (4) Whole-of-Government approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 12, 2012
Accession Number
ADA561349

Entities

People

  • Jason J. Holmes

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Operations
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Interagency Coordination
  • International Organizations
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.