A cancer surgery and admission department has been opened in Kabul’s Aliabad Teaching Hospital where a well-equipped cancer treatment center is being established and an international organization has pledged $24 million in aid for the purpose. Dr. Abdul…
Around 23,000 people in Afghanistan suffer from cancer and 16000 patients died of the disease last year, Public Health Ministry officials said on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering marking World Cancer Day in Kabul, MoPH services deputy director Habibullah…
Breast cancer is a dangerous disease that kills a large number of women every year, however, breastfeeding, regular exercise, prevention of obesity and not eating fatty and fast foods could be effective in preventing the disease. Dr. NajmulsamaShafajo,…
The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said 40,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in Afghanistan and half of them lose their lives. February 4 is celebrated as World Cancer Day every year to educate people…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Thursday said 23,000 people in Afghanistan were diagnosed with cancer in 2020 during which 16,000 of them have lost their lives to the disease.
KABUL (MoPH) said on Sunday. MoPH officials addressing first “National Symposium on Breast Cancer” termed conducting such symposiums as important in terms of increasing people’s knowledge in this regard. Dr. Fida Mohammad Piekan, deputy public health minister, said: “Due to…
The Public Health Department of northwestern Nimroz province says stomach cancer now is diagnosed and treated inside the country. Nimroz public health director Khesraw Yousufzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that stomach cancer was detected and treated by a…
The Pakistan army chief has allowed the free cancer treatment of an Afghan woman on humanitarian grounds, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan Zahid Nasrullah Khan had recommended special assistance to the woman named Noorziya,…
KABUL (MoPH) on Sunday said cancer cases were on the increase in the country and the government was implementing a national cancer control program to deal with the situation. Health Minister Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz told a gathering in Kabul that…
Kandahar public health including 167 in the southern province. Of the 167 suspected cancer patients in Kandahar, the disease has been diagnosed and found in 37 individuals. These views were expressed at a gathering marking World Cancer Day…
There are no equipment to diagnose and treat cancer patients in eastern Nangarhar province, public health officials said on Monday. If someone is suspicious of having caught cancer, he/she is sent to a foreign country for diagnosis and…
KABUL annually to cancer, a disease curable in initial stages. Speaking at a gathering marking World Cancer Day, Feroz said World Health Organization (WHO)’s statistics showed around 20,000 Afghans contracted cancer each year, with a majority dying. He said the…
The public health director on Thursday promised a cancer diagnostic centre would be inaugurated at the Nangarhar Civil Hospital in Jalalabad next week. While presenting an annual report on the public health situation, Dr. Najibullah Kamawal told a…
Noted journalists and TV and radio newscaster Jan Aqa Alokozai passed away at a hospital in Prague, a relative said on Tuesday. Journalist Mohammad Hassan Wolesmal, also Alokozai’s father-in-law, said Alokozai died on Tuesday after a protracted battle…
