Health

The Afghan Red Crescent Society has launched an 11-day free treatment program for eye patients in capital Kabul, an official said on Monday.

TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): The Public Health Department of central Uruzgan province says as many as 60 health centres are functioning in rented houses in the province

Pakistani authorities have detected wild poliovirus type-1 in three children from Balochistan and one child from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) says an amount of one million dollars is needed for the treatment of 1,300 children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) in northern Balkh province.

Acting Public Health Minister Mawlavi Noor Jalal Jalali has said that the polio vaccination programme would be implemented nationwide through mosques.

Acting Minister of Public Health Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalali, United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP) representatives have discussed how to distribute cash assistance to children's families.

The World Health Organization has donated 114 metric tons of essential medical kits and medicines valuing approximately USD 1.4 million to 166 health facilities across 22 provinces in Afghanistan.

Medical supplies worth $70,000 have been donated by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to the maternity ward of the Nangarhar provincial hospital, officials said on Monday.

The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has referred 13 children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) for treatment to two Kabul hospitals.

Over 240 children suffering from thalassemia disease in northern Balkh province have urged the government for support and people for blood donation, an official said on Tuesday.

The Afghanistan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has introduced 26 children suffering from congenital heart defects (CHD) to Kabul hospitals for medical treatment.

More than 10,500 people infected with Covid-19 in the past nine months out of which 58 patients died while more than 7,550 have recovered, an official said on Saturday.