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Special Birth Spacing issue of Salamati magazine released in Afghanistan

Special Birth Spacing issue of Salamati magazine released in Afghanistan

The 38th issue of the Salamati Magazine, on Birth Spacing, was released in Kabul on September 28th, and is currently being distributed all over Afghanistan. Developed by Aide Medicale Internationale, the quarterly publication designed for volunteer Community Health Workers and health professionals should contribute to the changing beliefs and misconceptions still firmly gripped on the country’s culture.

Afghanistan has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Reducing this catastrophic rate has become the Afghan Ministry of Public Health’s top priority. The population’s attitude towards birth spacing is changing. Effective communication on the everyday benefits of birth spacing, promotional campaigns and a growing disbelief in certain unhealthy habits are leading Afghan families to use birth spacing methods to regulate the frequency of births.

Beyond multiple births’ disastrous consequences on mothers’ health, early pregnancies, and a lack of support from husbands and other community members are but a few of the country’s reproductive health problems.

Salamati Magazine’s objective is to teach community health workers to educate their people into adopting the right health and hygiene reflexes. By tackling the prickly subject of the link of birth control and Islam, Salamati also gives community health workers the tools to convince their people in the best way.