KABUL (Pajhwok): The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will pay salaries of health workers in coordination with the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and without interference from the government.
ICRC head Peter Maurer said they had reached an understanding with MoPH on directly paying healthcare personnel their cash salaries.
“We have also agreed with aid agencies that ICRC being an independent institution will pay salaries of health officials.
“We should not forget that many low-ranking officials in health and water supply sectors are old people and there has been change only in the top brass of the . . .
