KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has announced that a coordination meeting was held to facilitate the transfer of samples collected at the
Local sources in northeastern Badakhshan province have expressed concerns over the closure of six health centres funded by the IOM but health officials said that three of these facilities would remain open.
FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Just for Afghan Capacity and Knowledge (JACK) has provided medicines and other healthcare equipment to health centres in western Farah province, an
Acting Head of Afghan Red Crescent Society Shahabuddin Delawar has asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to assist Afghanistan in construction of a hospital for the treatment of children with congenital heart defects (CHDs).
With focus polio eradication from Afghanistan, Public Health Minister Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalili has held discussions with World Health Organisation (WHO) officials.
Residents of Kushk-i-Kohna district in western Herat province have voiced their frustration about inadequate health services in the district and highlighted several other pressing issues.
In a rare occurrence, a mother in central Daikundi province has given birth to quintuplets for the first time. But, two of the five babies did not survive.
Acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Beradar has called the production and smuggling of low-quality drugs illegal and against Islamic values and asked businessmen to invest in the health sector.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Public Health Department of eastern Nangarhar province has recorded 1,914 cases of scabies in 25 outbreaks during the past seven months .
