The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says it plans to support 1.3 million children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Afghanistan in 2026.
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
The UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the Afghan Health and Development Organisation (AHDO) have provided medical equipment and medicines to some health centres in central Uruzgan province, an official said on Monday.
An American charity has donated medical equipment to the main regional hospital in eastern Nangarhar province to help reduce mother-child mortality rates, an official said on Monday.
Some cupping practitioners have claimed that cupping is a traditional treatment method and could cure various diseases to which physicians also agreed if professionally executed otherwise the practice could pose risks.
