Health

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) reports an increase in suspected measles cases in the country this year.

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi has asked the World Health Organisation (WHO) to support Afghanistan’s health sector.

Obstetricians and gynecologists have considered care during pregnancy important and according to them being looked after during this period could prevent the risks of miscarriage, premature births, and the death of the mother and child.

Public Health Department of southeastern Khost province says about 11 clinics are functioning in improper rented houses due shortage of own buildings.

Doctors are warning that with the onset of cold weather, respiratory illnesses—particularly pneumonia—is on the rise among children.

The Public Health Department of eastern Nangharhar province has distributed medial kits to 420 families in Hesarak district of the province.

Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry Mawlavi Ahmadullah Zahid has said that the pharmaceutical industry has made significant development in the past three years and asked people to buy locally produced medicines.

KABUL (Pajhwok): A package of medical aid from Qatar has arrived in Kabul, the Ministry of Public Health said on Friday. The ministry wrote on

KABUL (Pajhwok): Acting Public Health Minister Noor Jalal Jalali has left for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to participate in a conference on Antimicrobial Resistance. The kingdom

Some social media users and herbal medicine sellers claim that using herbal teas can remove uterine and ovarian cysts.

Physicians have dismissed the fear of some people regarding diabetes whose parents have suffered from this disease saying the hereditary nature of diabetes could not be necessarily true.

Health officials in northern Samangan say the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has donated medical equipment worth $50,000 to the main provincial hospital.