Health

Jalali, UNICEF chief stress expansion of health services in remote areas

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.

$5m investment upgrades food, drug lab in Herat

Health ministry team travels to Russia to boost medicine imports

Health ministry streamlines transfer of drug samples to central labs

Balkh records nearly two-fold increase in cancer cases

Abdul Saboor Sirat

21 Apr 2024 - 18:21

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Last year 4,912 cancer patients visited the provincial hospital in northern Balkh province for treatment, showing a two-fold increase . . .

15 children with heart defects referred to Kabul hospitals

Ahmad Shah Erfanyar

21 Apr 2024 - 11:10

The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) has referred 15 children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) for treatment to two Kabul hospitals.

50 people contract viral fever in Ghazni in 24 hours

Wahidullah Jumazada

18 Apr 2024 - 17:05

GHAZNI (Pajhwok): At least 50 people, including women and children, have been infected with severe fever in southern Ghazni province, an official said on Thursday

Turkish surgeons in Kabul, to perform pediatric urology surgeries

Afsana Haidari

18 Apr 2024 - 16:47

KABUL (Pajhwok): A team of Turkish surgeons has arrived in Kabul to perform sophisticated pediatric urology surgeries with Afghan colleagues, officials said on Thursday. The

Nabi opens Adei Hospital branch in Kabul

Pajhwok Afghan News

16 Apr 2024 - 12:00

Afghanistan’s veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has opened a branch of Adei Hospital west of the capital Kabul.

Kunar registers 5-fold decrease in malnourished children rate

Qazafi Mal

13 Apr 2024 - 11:42

The Public Health Department in eastern Kunar province says it has recorded a five-fold decrease in the number of malnourished children in the province and a three-time decline in their death rate.

2 died, 7 wounded in Laghman traffic accidents

Obaidullah Baidar

8 Apr 2024 - 12:40

Two people have been killed and seven others injured as a result of two separate traffic accidents in eastern Laghman province, a police official said on Monday.

Measles fatality toll up in Helmand: Official

Ridwanullah Bilal

6 Apr 2024 - 18:30

LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): As many as 1,000 children suffered from measles in southern Helmand province last year out of which 30 died, an official said .

80 Laghman students suffer from Scabies

Obaidullah Baidar

4 Apr 2024 - 16:26

Eighty students of a high school in the Alingar district of eastern Laghman province have been infected by Scabies disease, an official said on Thursday.

Af-Pak talks on combating poliovirus suggested

S.Muddasir Ali Shah

3 Apr 2024 - 10:26

Result-oriented discussions have been suggested between Afghanistan and Pakistan to check the poliovirus.

WHO supplies over $4.4 million worth of medical kits, medicine

Abdullah Azizi

2 Apr 2024 - 20:06

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has supplied over $ 4.4 million worth of medical kits and medicine to 25 hospitals across 15 provinces of Afghanistan since September 2023.

Underactive thyroid gland impact children’s growth: Physicians

Sharifa Sultani

1 Apr 2024 - 17:09

Physicians have believed that hypothyroidism could cause shortness of height, mental degradation and several other problems in children.

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