How many residential drug treatment centers operate in Afghanistan?
The Ministries of Counternarcotics and Public Health have identified 40 residential drug treatment centers in Afghanistan. The last pages of this factsheet include the complete list of treatment centers, their characteristics, and maximum annual client capacity information. Other privately-run treatment centers operate in some provinces, but these do not utilize minimum treatment standards and are therefore not regarded as viable treatment centers. In addition, to treatment centers, seven drop-in (outreach) centers operate throughout the country. (Logar, Nangarhar, Badakhshan, and four in Kabul). The Ministry of Public Health also administers ten community centers which are funded by the Counter Narcotics Trust Fund. Eight of these centers provide home-based treatment and two provide in-patient residential treatment (Nangarhar and Balkh). How can you make a significant different in the problem of addiction if the current drug treatment system is only capable of accommodating a small fr
