Health

World Health Organisation (WHO) head in Afghanistan Dr Edwin Ceniza Salvador has pledged cooperation in expanding health services in the country.

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.

Diarrhea cases increase in hot season so families must observe hygiene and take such patients to health centres, health workers said on Wednesday.

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 .

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): As many as 42,000 bottles of low quality syrup were sent back to Pakistan after being imported to southeastern khost province .

Residents of Jaghori district in southern Ghazni province have undertaken a commendable initiative of constructing a $150,000 hospital building on a self-help basis.

A number of women in western Ghor province say financial woes and poverty have forced them to engage in hard labour, which has caused them lumbago.

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Expired and low quality medicines and food items weighting 60 tons were set alight in this capital city of western Herat province,

Some residents of southeastern Paktia province complain about the lack of medicine and beds at the zonal hospital. Visitors say they are facing a whole host of problems.

Some mothers consider home remedies as effective in curing jaundice in babies, but doctors warn untreated jaundice may cause cerebral palsy.

A 29-year-old drug addicted youth has arrived in Afghanistan all the way from the United States of America (USA) and said the process of rehabilitation was simple in Afghanistan compared to the USA.