Health

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.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A private hospital will perform free surgeries on 2,200 needy people in different districts in eastern Nangarhar province under an agreement signed on

Tucked away 30 kilometers from Zaranj city, the capital of southwestern Nimroz province, Baynaz village is home to just a handful of families who are struggling to survive in mud houses on sun-scorched and barren land without even basic facilities.

About 19 private health centers, clinics and pharmacies have been closed by the Public Health Department during an inspection in central Logar province, an official said on Saturday.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): About 12 health centers, including a 20-bed hospital are operational in Torkham town to treat returning refugees in eastern Nangarhar province, Public Health

A laboratory worth 27 million afghanis has been constructed and put into use in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Thursday.

Public Health Minister. Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali held a meeting with Ali Reza Bikdeli, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Afghanistan, at his office in Kabul.

Six health centres have been set up at a cost of 36 million afghanis in southern Helmand province, an official announced on Monday.

Najma-ol-Sama Shafajo, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Kabul, who has established a special hospital for women, providing job opportunities for dozens of women, identifies the shortage of obstetricians and gynecologists as a major challenge in the health sector.