Health – Page 81 – Pajhwok Afghan News

Experts: Most Pakistani imported medicines are low-quality, ineffective

Following the suspension of medicine imports from Pakistan to Afghanistan, a number of health experts say a large portion of these medicines lack are substandard and therapeutically ineffective, while some Kabul residents have lauded the import halt.

Faryab’s Bandar, Lulash residents struggle with roads, health services

Nearly 6,000 mentally-ill patients referred to ARCS in 3 months

India pledges continued support for Afghanistan’s health sector

MoPH promises stop to cipher-based prescriptions

Ahmad Sohaib Hasrat

2 Oct 2022 - 09:34

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has decided to strictly prevent illegal and cipher-based prescriptions by doctors. According to Pajhwok Afghan News .

Number of beds in Paktika hospital more than doubled

Faizullah Faizi

1 Oct 2022 - 19:05

SHARANA (Pajhwok): The number of beds in the provincial hospital of southeastern Paktika province has been increased from 70 to 150 and 49 new doctors

Farah hospital registers 712 mental illness cases in a month

Abdul Rahman Jwandai

1 Oct 2022 - 18:17

FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): The provincial hospital in western Farah province has registered 712 mental illness cases during the past one month, an official said on

Welfare organization starts free of cost eye operations in Takhar

Mohammad Yasin Joya

1 Oct 2022 - 17:44

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): A welfare organization has launched conducting eye surgeries of 400 poor people free of cost in northern Takhar province, an official said on

Special ward for psychological patients opened in Ghor Hospital

Nasrin Sayedi

29 Sep 2022 - 16:24

FEROZ KOH (Pajhwok): A special ward for psychological patients has been opened in the provincial hospital of western Ghor province, an official said on Thursday

54,000 people contract skin diseases in Balkh last year

Abdul Saboor Sirat

27 Sep 2022 - 15:12

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): About 54,000 people have been infected with different skin diseases in northern Balkh province during the past one year, an . . .

Residents want drug rehab centre reactivated

Ehsan Mehdavi

27 Sep 2022 - 13:29

NEILI (Pajhwok): A number of drug addicts and residents grumble about the absence the of a rehabilitation centre in central Daikundi province. However, the Public

Thousands infected, diarrhea fast spreading in Zabul

Mukhtar Ahmad Amiri

26 Sep 2022 - 18:55

QALAT (Pajhwok): Thousands of people have been infected with diarrhea in southern Zabul province due to lack of access to clean drinking water, public health

Increasing sale of expired medicines worries Khost residents

Yousaf Mangal

26 Sep 2022 - 18:11

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Most pharmacies in this capital city of southeastern Khost province sell low quality and expired medicines to people, a number of residents

Zabul: Hundreds of cows die of LSD, thousands infected

Mukhtar Ahmad Amiri

22 Sep 2022 - 17:37

QALAT (Pajhwok): Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) is rapidly spreading in southern Zabul province and has infected about 3000 cows and killed 480 cows so far

Expired medicines make blood toxic, cause death: doctors

Abdul Raqeeb Sail

22 Sep 2022 - 11:43

KABUL (Pajhwok): The use of expired medicines make the blood toxic, create different problems, causes kidney and liver failure and even lead to the death

9 children test positive for COVID-19 at Farah Juvenile Centre

Abdul Rahman Jwandai

21 Sep 2022 - 16:30

FARAH (Pajhwok): At least nine children have been tested positive for COVID-19 in the juvenile center of the western Farah province, an official said .

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