KABUL (Pajhwok): Participants of a scientific seminar in Kabul urged the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to implement necessary measures to prevent monkeypox from entering Afghanistan after three positive cases surfaced in neighboring Pakistan.
According to recent updates, Pakistan reported last week that three individuals were diagnosed positive for monkeypox at Peshawar airport, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Joint meeting with UN representatives
In response, Dr. Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi, Deputy Minister of Public Health, held a joint meeting with representatives from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
The meeting discussed how to . . .
