Health

Around 3,700 eye-patients in southern Ghazni province have been provided free of cost treatment by a team of doctors sent by the Ministry of Public Health.

A woman in eastern Kunar province has given birth to quadruplets, while the father of new born babies complained against economic hardship and sought assistance, an official said on Sunday.

Amid harsh cold weather, the residents of Kabul are complaining about increasing respiratory diseases, particularly among children.

‘Cleft lip and cleft palate’ are two congenital anomalies that, in addition to creating health problems for those affected, also have negative psychological and social impacts on their lives.

Acting Public Health Minister Noor Jalal Jalali during a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Afghanistan Ali Raza Baigdali has stressed the need for quality medicines and modern equipment to strengthen health system in Afghanistan.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for $ 1.5 billion for its 2025 Health Emergency Appeal (HEA), to support life-saving health interventions worldwide, according to a statement on Friday.

Complex bone deformity surgeries have successfully been performed on four children at the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital in capital Kabul, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on Tuesday.

A pediatric specialist in northwestern Nimroz province has described respiratory diseases, especially pneumonia, as dangerous and urges families to take their children to a health center immediately if such symptoms appear, instead of treating them with home remedies.

For the first time, epidural anesthesia has been applied to several people in the Aliabad Teaching Hospital in Kabul city, and the result was also good, a statement from the Kabul University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) said on Sunday.

Kabul and Minsk have discussed the procurement of medicines, bilateral cooperation and capacity building of Afghanistan’s health personnel.

A fresh case of polio has been detected in Karachi, Pakistan, bringing the total number of children affected by the disease to 70.

Doctors at two hospitals in Kabul report a rise in cases of broken limbs following recent snowfall and icy conditions.