Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and UNICEF have reaffirmed their commitment to expanding healthcare services in remote areas and strengthening cooperation in vaccination, maternal and child healthcare, nutrition, and emergency medical services.
Donated by various organisations, 92 tonnes of vital medicines have arrived in Kabul to treat about 675,000 people, including 400,000 children, with life-threatening but preventable diseases.
Obstetricians and gynecologists say inadequate birth-spacing causes mothers multiple problems such as anemia, weakness, high blood pressure and even breast cancer.
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says the European Union has contributed 15 million euros to fight malnutrition and improve water services in Afghanistan.
Over 180,000 positive Malaria cases were registered in Afghanistan in the past year while no Malaria-induced fatality was recorded in the past five years, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday.
ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Residents of Krawng area of Watapur district in eastern Kunar province have been lacking access to f basic health services. They say 1,500
Acting Health Minister Dr. Qalandar Ebad has sought more cooperation to deal with the healthcare issues of returnees and said government was prepared to address issued related to the healthcare of returnees, a statement said on Monday.
Afghanistan’s annual medicine consumption has reached $1 billion and 25 percent of the medicines are produced domestically, an official said on Monday.
Acting Public Health Minister Dr. Qalandar Ebad and Azerbaijan Ambassador Ilham Mammadov have discussed cooperation in the health sector, enhancing capacity of Afghan personnel and other topics of common interest.
Nearly 1,800 people have contracted tuberculosis (TB), with 11 of the patients, including seven women, losing their lives, in northern Baghlan province, the Public Health Department said on Sunday.
Some residents in central Bamyan province have complained about the shortage of medicines in health centres and asked the government to address the problem.
