Health

The ‘Kabul Speech Therapy and Rehabilitation Center’ is a place where dozens of children with autism, as well as adults experiencing speech problems after a stroke, receive training in cognitive games and speech skills.

A charity organization, in cooperation with the Afghan Red Crescent Society, has launched a four-day free eye treatment campaign in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has sent 154 metric tonnes of vital medical supplies to Afghanistan to help meet urgent health needs. The supplies arrived on May 20 and 21 through two special charter flights from Sharjah International Airport.

Acting Minister of Public Health Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalali and UK’s Chargé d’Affaires to Afghanistan Robert Dickson have underlined the need for international assistance, its effective management and construction of health centres in remote areas of Afghanistan.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it provided free treatment to over 19,000 people in southern Helmand province and neighbouring areas over the past solar year, including surgeries and physical rehabilitation services for the disabled.

Health officials in northern Faryab province have expressed concern over an increasing number of measles cases in children and are urging families not to neglect vaccinating their children against the disease.

Construction work has been initiated on a 10-bed hospital dedicated to the treatment of malnourished children at a cost of 13 million afghanis in Parchaman district of western Farah province.

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) has affirmed its commitment to improving and expanding healthcare services in Afghanistan.

Marking World Thalassemia Day, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday called on international donors to expand their support for combating the blood disorder in Afghanistan.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for increased international support to Afghanistan’s collapsing healthcare system, warning that ongoing funding cuts are putting millions of lives at risk.

Doctors say still wrong beliefs and customs in protection and care of newborns exist in some remote areas of the country, including traditional or non-medical cutting of the umbilical cords, which is dangerous.

A number of residents of southern Ghazni province have urged the caretaker government to complete long-delayed work on the building of the main provincial hospital, a project that began nearly two decades ago.