Health

KABUL (Pajhwok): India’s Minister of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change has assured the Afghan government of his country’s continued commitment to supporting the health security

Minister of Public Health Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali and India’s Minister of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) have discussed a range of issues, including the establishment of a traditional medicine institute and research centre in Kabul.

India has sent medical aid to Afghanistan, including cancer medicines, vaccines, and a 128-slice CT scan machine, as part of its ongoing humanitarian support.

The Minister of Public Health has departed for India at the head of a delegation to strengthen health cooperation.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Public Health Minister Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalali has called on the UAE to help equip Afghan hospitals with modern medical equipment and eradicate polio in the country.

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Specialist doctors performed 500 free eye surgeries southern Helmand province during the past 10 days, an official said on Friday.

Following the publication of a Pajhwok Afghan News report on the dangers of self-medicating ear pain in Ghor, the provincial Public Health Department has launched extensive public awareness programs aimed at preventing self-treatment and encouraging residents to seek care at health facilities.

Fresh figures from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) show 130 pharmaceutical factories are currently operating across Afghanistan, producing more than 60 types of medicines.

Minister of Public Health Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali has described the expansion of health-sector cooperation between Kabul and Tehran as essential and mutually beneficial, particularly in the areas of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and diagnostic tools.

Ministry of Public Health officials have stressed the need for raising public awareness and fighting HIV/AIDS, saying that 300 positive cases were registered nationwide during the last 10 months of the current year.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Some people and health specialists believe that mobile health teams are effective in remote areas of the country and are calling for their

Over 10 tonnes of expired and low-quality food items, medicines and health products were destroyed in northeastern Badakhshan province, as they posed a risk to public health, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said Thursday.