Health

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Specialist doctors performed 500 free eye surgeries southern Helmand province during the past 10 days, an official said on Friday.

Following the publication of a Pajhwok Afghan News report on the dangers of self-medicating ear pain in Ghor, the provincial Public Health Department has launched extensive public awareness programs aimed at preventing self-treatment and encouraging residents to seek care at health facilities.

Fresh figures from the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) show 130 pharmaceutical factories are currently operating across Afghanistan, producing more than 60 types of medicines.

Minister of Public Health Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali has described the expansion of health-sector cooperation between Kabul and Tehran as essential and mutually beneficial, particularly in the areas of pharmaceuticals, medical equipment and diagnostic tools.

Ministry of Public Health officials have stressed the need for raising public awareness and fighting HIV/AIDS, saying that 300 positive cases were registered nationwide during the last 10 months of the current year.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Some people and health specialists believe that mobile health teams are effective in remote areas of the country and are calling for their

Over 10 tonnes of expired and low-quality food items, medicines and health products were destroyed in northeastern Badakhshan province, as they posed a risk to public health, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said Thursday.

Two months after Pajhwok Afghan News published a report highlighting a charitable initiative to set up a health centre in Yakhan Sofla village of Taywara district in western Ghor province, the facility has now been equipped with government support and is providing basic healthcare services to local residents.

The vaccination of more than 16.6 million children in Afghanistan through two phases of the national measles campaign underscores a strong commitment to protecting children from preventable diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday.

The Public Health Department says medicines worth 11.5 million afghanis have been distributed to health centers serving nomads (Kochis) in central Logar province.

Local officials say from now on, the prescriptions in all hospitals and clinics will be computerized in western Herat province following an important step by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH).

Following the publication of a Pajhwok Afghan News report highlighting misconceptions about diabetes treatment, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) organised a public awareness programme in cooperation with the General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports.