The Study of Emergency Care center of children Under 5 year’s age in Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Kabul Afghanistan

Background: The recent Afghanistan Demographic Health Survey (DHS) conducted in 2015, revealed general and significant improvement in all of the national health indicators over the past decade or more precisely newborn health and survival depend on the care provided to the under 5 years’ age. Under 5 year age care is crucial element in reducing child mortality, it’s often receives less or poor attention and the less than one year mortality rate is 45 per 1000 live birth while significant percentage of this morality is happening during the neonatal period, based all the improvement in health system, emergency care at facility level is immature and not fully cover the needs of emergency conditions, according to WHO data 10-20% of childhood’s illness needs hospitalization and emergency care. Method: Cross sectional study; structure questionnaires are used in data collection. The study has been conducted in emergency in/outpatient departments of IGICH in Kabul province. Selected center located in 10th street of Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan in front of Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan military hospital 10th district of Kabul city. Although, in Afghanistan’s Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) program, is the highest level for delivery of emergency of Health Services including morbidity and mortality of children health services. Results: This section presents the data as captured from the questionnaires of child care providers that attended in Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health (IGICH) from 50 health care providers. Numeric data was analyzed through the use of descriptive statistics, and the output was then presented through the use of table and figures (s). We targeted 350 child caretaker respondents and 50 health care providers. The response rate was 100% since we were able to reach 400 respondents. 73% of respondents were known about emergency center health delivery services 1. 4% of respondents were previously has used any emergency health delivery services 2. 4% of respondents were experienced the adverse effects while has been used emergency health delivery services. 3. 29% of respondents don’t want to use any other health delivery services of this emergency center in the future Conclusion: Afghanistan at the moment is experiencing a lot of pressure on its resource due to a tremendous increases of <5 children vulnerabilities due to less of emergency or improperly equipped or standard centers. This has brought about a significant challenge for the country as more and more not enough trained health service providers in major cities in Afghanistan.