Around 12.6 million children under the age of five will be vaccinated during the first round of the spring polio campaign, which is set to begin in most provinces of the country within the next two days.
Some women and girls are not receiving the tetanus vaccine for various reasons, while doctors emphasise on its use, warning the disease can be fatal in some cases.
Doctors call childbirth at home with untrained attendants risky, but some women in western Ghor province say they have to exercise the option due to harmful traditions, a shortage of female specialists and fewer maternity hospitals.
More than 7,000 children in northern Balkh province have been affected by measles out of which 32 children had died, officials of the Abu Ali Sina Balkh Zonal Hospital said on Saturday.
JALALAABAD (Pajhwok): Police have collected dozens of drug addicts from the streets of Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, and have transferred them
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says COVID-19 cases in 2024 decreased by more than 41 percent compared to 2023 and the death toll dropped by 42 percent across the country.
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has donated eight containers of medicines to hospitals in eastern Nangerhar province, officials said on Wednesday.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says approximately 135,000 drug addicts have received treatment across Afghanistan over the past three years, with a billion afghanis set aside annually for their rehabilitation.
Pediatrics has recorded a significant surge in respiratory diseases such as cold and pneumonia among children in western Herat province with the arrival of winter.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Health experts say medical waste may appear harmless, but it can pose significant environmental and health hazard and can lead to serious diseases
