Health

World Hypertension Day: WHO stresses early detection, regular control

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that on the occasion of World Hypertension Day, high blood pressure is a “silent killer”, but early detection, regular monitoring and continued treatment can prevent most complications and deaths caused by the disease.

Polio vaccination campaign 2nd phase begins in Afghanistan

Kabul to host second Abu Ali Sina Balkhi international exhibition

Afghan, Russian health officials discuss medical cooperation

40 private clinics shut over prescribing selective medicines

Rizwan Bilal

29 Aug 2023 - 16:47

Forty private clinics have been shut over issuing code based prescriptions to the patients in Lashkargha, the capital of southern Helmand province, and some districts, an official said on Tuesday.

Iran, UN agree to increase Afghan nurses, midwives capacity

Sohrab Sarwari

28 Aug 2023 - 15:41

KABUL (Pajhwok): Iran’s ambassador and special representative for Afghanistan says they have inked an agreement with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on improving .

Anti-polio drive to kick off in 6 provinces

Noorullah Zazai

28 Aug 2023 - 08:34

KABUL (Pajhwok): The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is launching a four-day polio vaccination campaign on Monday targeting 1.6 million . . .

Taloqan residents want health centre upgraded

Mohammad Yasin Joya

27 Aug 2023 - 19:46

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Inhabitants of Turma Bai area and other remote villages of Taloqan complain of inadequate health services and want the government to address their

Nuristanis seek access to standard health services

Dost Mohammad wahdat

26 Aug 2023 - 20:48

PARON (Pajhwok): Residents of eastern Nuristan province complain they have been lacking access to standard health services, asking the government to address the problem. However,

Oxygen plant inaugurated in Balkh Zonal Hospital

Abdul Sabour Seerat

25 Aug 2023 - 15:43

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): An Oxygen production plant has been inaugurated in the Abu Ali Sina Zonal Hospital in northern Balkh province, according to a . .

WHO calls for increased investment in Afghanistan’s healthcare sector

Noorullah Zazai

24 Aug 2023 - 18:35

KABUL (Pajhwok): The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a new Alert calling for increased investment in healthcare service provision in . . .

Mirwais Hospital to receive 47m afs every month

Amin Samsoor

24 Aug 2023 - 11:21

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The caretaker government has approved 47 million afghanis in monthly fund for the Mirwais Hospital in southern Kandahar province after the suspension

Badghis’s Ghormach residents demand equipped health center

Mohammad Arif Hasrat

21 Aug 2023 - 17:34

QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Residents of Ghormach district of Badghis province are complaining about lack of equipped health centers, but the Public Health Department says it has

Renowned actor Ahmad Khaksar dies at 65

Afsana Haidari

21 Aug 2023 - 14:48

KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan actor Abdul Ahmad Khaksar passed away at the age of 65 today (Monday) morning in Kabul. Abdul Ahad Khaksar, the son of

Nationwide polio vaccination campaign launched

Noorullah Zazai

21 Aug 2023 - 13:28

KABUL (Pajhwok): A four-day polio vaccination campaign targeting 11 million children under five years of age kicked off across the country on Monday. The .

Afghanistan’s health sector facing significant barriers: WHO

Abdullah Azizi

18 Aug 2023 - 19:19

KABUL (Pajhwok): The World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called on donors to give generously so that the organization could

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