Health

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.

The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has recommended 30 more children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) for treatment to two Kabul hospitals.

The Public Health Department in southern Helmand province has shut 11 more pharmacies, including an international medical equipment centre, for selling expired medicine, an official said on Thursday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Physicians have warned against bladder infection and urged early treatment otherwise it could have serious consequences for the patient. Dr. Ghulam Sakhi Hasni,

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has referred 48 more children with Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) to the local hospitals in Kabul for