Health

KABUL (Pajhwok): Japan has allocated 2.5 million US dollars to provide healthcare, clean drinking water and protective services for Afghan children, the United Nations Children

Eighty percent of WHO-supported essential healthcare services in Afghanistan could shut down due to a funding paucity, warns the UN agency.

A number of drug addicts undergoing treatment at a 30-bed rehabilitation hospital in Gardez, the capital of southeastern Paktia province, have urged the caretaker government to provide them with vocational training and employment opportunities after their rehabilitation.

SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A new medical emergency skills training centre has been established in northern Jawzjan province to enhance youth’s capacity and empower them in delivering

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in Afghanistan have reported a surge in measles patients at three hospitals since January.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Save the Children organization in a report has said at least 18 health facilities supported by this organization and their partners in Afghanistan

PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): A number of residents of northern Baghlan province have asked for the resumption of work on a 100-bed hospital – a project that

Ten districts of northeastern Badakhshan province are without proper hospitals and specialist doctors, residents complain.

Health experts warn anemia can have serious consequences for the health of pregnant women and young girls.

Some residents of northern Kunduz province have voiced concerns at high prices and low quality of medicines, as well as the poor health services at private hospitals.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday signed an agreement worth 500 million dollars with the King Salman Foundation of Saudi Arabia to combat polio virus.

A polio vaccination drive was launched on Monday in 16 provinces of the country, targeting around 6.3 million children.