An emergency airlift carrying 78.5 metric tonnes of lifesaving medical supplies from the World Health Organization (WHO) logistics hub in Dubai has arrived in Afghanistan.
Acting Minister of Public Health Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalali and Emergency President Rossella Miccio have discussed various issues, including the expansion of services and facilities for disabled patients at the hospital.
Some residents of eastern Nangarhar province have expressed concerns about the spread of Dengue fever but according to the health officials the virus posed no serious threat.
Some 1,450 prisoners in northern Balkh province have received health kits with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), local officials said on Monday.
Some residents in the capital Kabul say they and their family members have been infected with eye infections while physicians termed eye infection a contagious disease and urged patients to refer to the doctor as soon as possible.
Gynecologists want prospective couples to visit doctors for blood tests before getting married in order to prevent possible congenital disorders in their children.
The father of sextuplets in northern Jawzjan province says that the office of the acting prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has provided him with 250,000 afs assistance after all his six babies died.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among women worldwide and most such cases are self-detected in those who do not undergo regular mammography.
