Health

The fifth round of a nationwide anti-polio vaccination drive will be carried out in a number of provinces on Saturday, the Polio Free Afghanistan (PFA) announced on Thursday.

A new polio case has been detected in the Qila Abdullah district of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province.

The influx of patients in the provincial hospital of western Herat province has put a huge pressure on services’ providers and budget section, officials said on Wednesday.

KABUL (Pajhwok): Officials of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) have stressed breastfeeding and said over 800,000 children have suffered from malnutrition this year .

Three Tuberculosis (TB) diagnosed centres have been opened in Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province and Sawkai and Manogai districts hospitals.

A neurologist and psychiatrist in Nimroz province has warned the excessive use of sedative medications can lead to addiction. He recommends the avoidance of continuous use of downers.

The Public Health Department of western Farah province reports an alarming increase in the number of malnourished children in the province.

Local sources in northeastern Badakhshan province have expressed concerns over the closure of six health centres funded by the IOM but health officials said that three of these facilities would remain open.

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Just for Afghan Capacity and Knowledge (JACK) has provided medicines and other healthcare equipment to health centres in western Farah province, an

Acting Head of Afghan Red Crescent Society Shahabuddin Delawar has asked the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to assist Afghanistan in construction of a hospital for the treatment of children with congenital heart defects (CHDs).

With focus polio eradication from Afghanistan, Public Health Minister Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalili has held discussions with World Health Organisation (WHO) officials.

Around 100,000 people in Afghanistan infected with Hepatitis, an official said on Sunday.