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
Physicians and officials in western Ghor province have spoken about the increase in positive cases of scabies skin disease in the province and ask people to prevent the spread of this disease by observing personal and environmental hygiene.
On the eve of Eid-ul-Adha, doctors fear a possible increase in Congo fever cases and recommend the use of gloves, masks, glasses and long clothes while slaughtering an animal.
More than 7,500 people donated over three million milliliters of blood to the Abu Ali Sina hospital’s blood bank during the past six months in northern Balkh province, officials said Thursday.
About 1,300 drug addicts were reunited with their families on Tuesday after undergoing 10 to 16 months treatment at a rehabilitation centre in western Herat province.
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says more than 200 people have contracted Congo disease and six of them have lost their lives in different parts of the country over the past five months.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says more than 7.6 million dengue cases have been reported worldwide during the past four months of the current year.
For the first time a Cardiac Surgical Ward has been opened in the Sardar Mohammad Dawod Khan 400-bed Hospital in the capital Kabul, a statement said on Friday.
The use of plastic bags is equally harmful for human health, agriculture and environment. Afghanistan needs to take its cue from the countries that have restricted the use of these bags.
