Minister of Public Health Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali and Russian Ambassador to Kabul Dmitry Zhirnov have discussed expanding bilateral cooperation in the health sector, capacity building for Afghan doctors and the supply of quality medicines.
A three-day polio vaccination drive, targeting 836,000 children below five years of age, has kicked off in eastern Nangarhar province, an official announced on Monday.
A pharmaceutical factory has been built at the cost of 30 million afs and commenced in the Sardar Gul Mohammad Khan Industrial Park in Lasghkargah, the capital of southern Helmand province.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A survey has been launched to detect poliovirus on the outskirts of Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, a statement said on
The Afghanistan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU) and a private hospital has inked and agreement on offering journalists and their families up to 70 percent discount in health services.
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): The Public Health Department of central Uruzgan province says as many as 60 health centres are functioning in rented houses in the province
The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) says an amount of one million dollars is needed for the treatment of 1,300 children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) in northern Balkh province.
Acting Minister of Public Health Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalali, United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP) representatives have discussed how to distribute cash assistance to children's families.
The World Health Organization has donated 114 metric tons of essential medical kits and medicines valuing approximately USD 1.4 million to 166 health facilities across 22 provinces in Afghanistan.
Medical supplies worth $70,000 have been donated by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to the maternity ward of the Nangarhar provincial hospital, officials said on Monday.
