Health

KUNDUZ CITY (Pajhwok): About 295 out of 423 pharmacies are operating without license in the capital of northern Kunduz province, the Food and Drug Authority

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Public Health Department in eastern Khost province has no rabies vaccine from the past two years while at least 300 people monthly

KABUL (Pajhwok): A three-day polio vaccination campaign targeting 11 million children under five years of age kicked off across the country on Monday. Meanwhile .

KABUL (Pajhwok): Residents of some areas complain about the lack of specialist doctors, health centres and necessary facilities, saying they have to travel long distances

The United States through USAID has announced more than $23 million, as well as new efforts to support countries in fighting tuberculosis (TB) and reaching global targets set at a meeting during United Nations High Level Week.

SHARANA (Pajhwok): The residents of Zirouk district in southeastern Paktika province have complained no surgery ward and facilities for the treatment of some other diseases

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 699 out of every 100,000 mothers die during childbirths in .

TALOQAN           (Pajhwok): Residents of Baharak district in northern Takhar province say more than 3,000 families in the district lack access to clean drinking water

KABUL (Pajhwok): Donated by the Turkey, 20 tonnes of medical supplies and medicines have arrived in Kabul. In its X page, Turkish Embassy in Kabul

The Public Health Department has shut four pharmacies for selling expired medicine and 12 dental clinics lacking medical equipment in southern Helmand province, an official said on Tuesday.