Health

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): Two persons, including a doctor, have died of Congo fever and five other health workers contracted the disease in northern Jawzjan province, an

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Children's Fund says it provided treatment and food to 140,000 children under the age of five in Afghanistan . .

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): For the first time in southern Helmand province, a 20-bed hospital for patients suffering from infectious disease has ben opened in Lashkargah .

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Ten people tested positive for Congo virus and two of them died of the disease during the past one week in . .

KABUL (Pajhwok): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has renewed its commitment to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. WHO Representative for Afghanistan Luo

KABUL (Pajhwok): Another positive polio case has been registered in the Nazian district of eastern Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan. The Ministry of Public Health said

GARDEZ (Pajhwok): A new hospital exclusively for infectious diseases has been opened in this capital city of southeastern Paktia province after receiving equipment and medicines

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) say $449.9 million is required to assist 15.6 million people . .

FEROZKOH (Pajhwok): The residents of Dawlina district in western Ghor province say there are no lady or specialist doctors and other health related facilities in

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of 20 remote and inaccessible villages in 13 districts of northeastern Badakhshan province lack access to health services. The residents say having