Health

Over 10 tonnes of expired and low-quality food items, medicines and health products were destroyed in northeastern Badakhshan province, as they posed a risk to public health, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said Thursday.

Two months after Pajhwok Afghan News published a report highlighting a charitable initiative to set up a health centre in Yakhan Sofla village of Taywara district in western Ghor province, the facility has now been equipped with government support and is providing basic healthcare services to local residents.

The vaccination of more than 16.6 million children in Afghanistan through two phases of the national measles campaign underscores a strong commitment to protecting children from preventable diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday.

The Public Health Department says medicines worth 11.5 million afghanis have been distributed to health centers serving nomads (Kochis) in central Logar province.

Local officials say from now on, the prescriptions in all hospitals and clinics will be computerized in western Herat province following an important step by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).

Following the publication of a Pajhwok Afghan News report highlighting misconceptions about diabetes treatment, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) organised a public awareness programme in cooperation with the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports.

The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue, Prevention of Vice, and Hearing Complaints (MoVV) said its officers addressed 67 cases related to women’s Sharia rights this week and resolved 10 feuds and 28 disputes, both major and minor, among tribes and families across the country.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has emphasized the need for continued support from the international community in the fight against tuberculosis (TB). The ministry announced that diagnostic and treatment services for TB are currently being provided free of charge at 3,189 health centers across Afghanistan.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Vocational training for nearly 800 drug addicts has begun in Omidtreatment center in Kabul under the auspices of the Ministry of Labor and

Officials at the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) say laboratory analyses show some imported teas contain artificial coloring agents.

India has donated 16 tonnes of medicines and medical equipment to Afghanistan, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) announced on Sunday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Climate change has also adversely affected the health sector in Afghanistan and has led to an increase in some diseases. Analysts say that