KABUL (Pajhwok): United Kingdom (UK) Special Representative for Afghanistan Richard Lindsay has reaffirmed his country’s commitment to continue supporting Afghanistan’s health system. He made the
Minister of Public Health Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalali has emphasised that access to health services is a right of the people and the health sector must be kept free from political influence.
A 400-bed specialized mother-child hospital will be constructed in southern Kandahar province over the next two years with funding from a Qatari charity foundation.
More than 50,000 positive malaria cases have been recorded in public and private health centers across the country over the past six months, with the mosquito-borne disease still posing a public health threat in Afghanistan, say health officials.
Doctors say with the intensification of the summer heat, infectious diseases—especially diarrhea—have increased in Kabul city. They urge citizens to observe both personal and environmental hygiene and avoid eating leftover food.
Despite warnings about the dangers of plastic bags and the ban on their import, the use of these bags continues widely in markets, and experts have once again stressed the need for public awareness and full enforcement of the ban on such bags.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it supports the local economy and domestic production in Afghanistan to prevent the production of goods that cause child malnutrition.
Asrar Parsa, a young girl in Kabul who contracted polio at the age of two and was left with a paralyzed left leg, is now actively working on several artificial intelligence-based projects with a sharp mind and unwavering determination.
In remote villages of western Herat province, poverty, lack of inadequate infrastructure and long distances from health centres are daily realities and the absence of medical services has become one of the most serious daily challenges.
Findings of Food and Drug Authority (FDA) indicate that many celebration cakes in the country are decorated with metallic paints and their excessive consumption can lead to allergies, chronic diseases and even cancer.
The Public Health Department says a temporary camp has been opened for the treatment of eye patients at the 300-bed Naib Aminullah Khan Logari hospital in the capital of central Logar province.
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