Health – Pajhwok Afghan News

Paktia’s recovering addicts seek jobs, vocational training

A number of drug addicts undergoing treatment at a 30-bed rehabilitation hospital in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, have urged the caretaker government to provide them with vocational training and employment opportunities after their rehabilitation.

Medical emergency skills training centre set up in Jawzjan

MSF: Measles cases have surged in Afghanistan

Aid cuts forces closure of 18 health centers in Afghanistan

Paktia’s recovering addicts seek jobs, vocational training

Khalid Zaheen

15 Mar 2025 - 14:51

Medical emergency skills training centre set up in Jawzjan

Raqiba Poya Aziz

13 Mar 2025 - 16:02

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A new medical emergency skills training centre has been established in northern Jawzjan province to enhance youth’s capacity and empower them in delivering

MSF: Measles cases have surged in Afghanistan

Sher Ahmad Usmani

13 Mar 2025 - 12:13

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Afghanistan have reported a surge in measles patients at three hospitals since January.

Aid cuts forces closure of 18 health centers in Afghanistan

Afsana Haidari

12 Mar 2025 - 17:12

KABUL (Pajhwok): Save the Children organization in a report has said at least 18 health facilities supported by this organization and their partners in Afghanistan

Baghlan residents want hospital project completed

Raz Mohammad Raz

6 Mar 2025 - 14:33

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): A number of residents of northern Baghlan province have asked for the resumption of work on a 100-bed hospital – a project that

10 Badakhshan districts without specialist doctors

Ahmad Farzam

6 Mar 2025 - 12:34

Ten districts of northeastern Badakhshan province are without proper hospitals and specialist doctors, residents complain.

Take anemia seriously, pregnant women warned

Sharifa Sultani

3 Mar 2025 - 12:48

Health experts warn anemia can have serious consequences for the health of pregnant women and young girls.

Kunduz residents decry high medicine prices

Hamyoon Haqbeen

25 Feb 2025 - 13:33

Some residents of northern Kunduz province have voiced concerns at high prices and low quality of medicines, as well as the poor health services at private hospitals.

WHO inks agreement with KSF to combat polio virus

Noorullah Zazai

25 Feb 2025 - 11:46

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday signed an agreement worth 500 million dollars with the King Salman Foundation of Saudi Arabia to combat polio virus.

Polio vaccination campaign launched in 16 provinces

Noorullah Zazai

24 Feb 2025 - 15:14

A polio vaccination drive was launched on Monday in 16 provinces of the country, targeting around 6.3 million children.

Addiction not one-way street, needs firm decision: Ex-addict

Veda Qalandari

23 Feb 2025 - 17:28

KABUL (Pajhwok): Zakaria, 32, who rehabilitated after 10 years of addiction, says everyone thinks addiction is a one-way street, but it is not, if an

Jalali wants OIC to support Afghan health sector

Sohrab Sarwari

22 Feb 2025 - 14:58

Acting Minister of Public Health Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalali has urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to support Afghanistan’s health sector.

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