Health

Some residents of Allah Yar district in western Ghor province are complaining about the lack of access to clean drinking water, while officials say efforts are underway to tackle the problem.

Kabul (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says that Dr. Naeemullah Ayobi, Director General of the Department of Drug and Health Products, along with

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says that nearly five million patients with respiratory illnesses, including 504 COVID-19 cases, were registered in government hospitals over the past three months.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated oxygen analyzers to 12 hospitals in Kabul and 11 other provinces across Afghanistan.

Mobile health teams have resumed operations in remote areas of the capital of southwestern Nimroz province after months of suspension following publication of Pajhwok Afghan News reports about the lack of basic services, particularly healthcare.

A polio vaccination campaign has been launched in 18 provinces of Afghanistan, aiming to vaccinate 7.3 million children under the age of five.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister for Counter-Narcotics urged the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to support alternative livelihoods for farmers and treatment for

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and representatives of international organisations on Tuesday emphasised the need to strengthen the capacity of health workers and ensure timely and accessible healthcare services for children and mothers.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed regret over the United States’ formal notification of withdrawal from the global health body, warning the decision would make both the US and the world less safe.

A mobile health team of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) would travel to southeastern Khost province to provide free eye treatment for 12 days.

Aqila Mohammadi, a young midwife in central Daikundi province who successfully assisted in more than 400 deliveries over the past four years, says she feels the greatest sense of peace when reduces a mother’s pain and helps deliver a healthy baby.

Following the suspension of medicine imports from Pakistan to Afghanistan, a number of health experts say a large portion of these medicines lack are substandard and therapeutically ineffective, while some Kabul residents have lauded the import halt.