The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has rejected ban on the sale of pregnancy control related medication and said, the medicine could be required like any other medicine in certain condition. Earlier, media reports claimed that the MoPH…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday announced the establishment of a national cancer treatment center, saying annually 23,000 Afghans contract cancer and 16,000 of them die from it. Cancer is a disease in which some of…
A high-level delegation of the Public Health Ministry has travelled to the Pamir area of eastern Badakhshan province for the first time. The ministry tweeted on Sunday the delegation, led by Administrative Assistant Maulvi Mohammad Ishaq Sahibzada, reached…
Ambulances worth $4.6 million have been handed over to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to improve public health service, an official said on Wednesday. Shaikh Abdul Rahim, head of the National Procurement Authority (NPA), while addressing gathering…
Over a hundred tonnes of low quality and expired food stuff have been destroyed in capital Kabul, the Ministry of Public Health said on Wednesday. Haidar Khan Haidar, head of disease prevention and control of the MoPH, said…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has decided to strictly prevent illegal and cipher-based prescriptions by doctors. According to Pajhwok Afghan News reports, some physicians in Kabul and several provinces write prescriptions based on ciphers to make profits…
Forty-four rehabilitation centres for drug addicts remain closed nation-wide due to a stop to funding from donors, an official said on Thursday. Javid Hazeez, spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health, said before the regime change last year,…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Friday condemned the killing of eight polio vaccinators in separate attacks and said the government was committed to eradicating polio and ensuring the safety of all front-line polio vaccinators. Eight polio…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) is concerned about the closure of 21 Covid-19 hospitals due to lack of financial resources, however the ministry says a number of international organizations are ready to fund some hospitals. Before the…
The Midwives Association on Tuesday said only 6,000 midwives out of the total 34,000 were on job and the remaining were unemployed. The association head, Zahra Merzaee, marking the International Day of Midwives (IDM), told reporters here that…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said that 60 percent of the country’s population would be vaccinated against Covid-19 infection in phases. The ministry announced the end of the second wave of the virus but warned…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday reported 232new positive Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours in the country. The ministry said 1647 people underwent tests during the past 24 hours and the virus was detected in…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) registered 5,884 burn cases in which 89 persons died during the ongoing solar year in two hospitals of Kabul City. In the three quarters of ongoing solar year, the Isteqlal Hospital and…
KABUL (MoPH) officials were illegally appointed, replaced or dismissed by the acting health minister. Under the constitution, an acting minister has no authority to make appointments, order reshuffles of officials or fire government servants. . A spokesman for MoPH, meanwhile,…
KABUL Minister Ahmad Jawad Usmani on Monday said the Covid-19 pandemic was under control in the country The minister told a press conference here that serious measures were in place at provincial health centers to prevent a second wave of…
KABUL (MoPH) said on Saturday. In a statement, the ministry said the new positive cases emerged from 59 suspected samples tested for the coronavirus in the past 24 hours in Kabul. No individual recovered from the virus that killed four…
KABUL’s economy and pledged to facilitate local drugs manufacturing. This was stated by Acting Health Minister Ahmad Jawad Usmani while addressing a gathering marking World’s Pharmacy Day. The minister termed the role of pharmacists as vital in the medical sector…
KABUL Minister Ahmad Jawad Usmani has expressed concern over possible spread of coronavirus during Muharamul Haram, saying the religious events should be held in open with small crowds strictly adhered to social distancing and other precautionary measures. In a statement,…
KABUL (MoPH) has paid $270,000 additional amount purchasing 100,000 “Rapid Test” sets for Coivd-19 disease, Pajhwok Afghan News learned reliably on Saturday. On 14th of this month, a Pajhwok report said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) spent above eight million afghanis…
KABUL (MoPH) has referred its10 employees, including provincial heads, to the Attorney General Office (AGO) for their alleged involvement in corruption, an official said on Saturday. Acting Public Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Usmani said this during the transfer ceremony…
The 100-bed maternity hospital in Dashti Barchi area of Kabul resumed functioning at a special ceremony on Wednesday. Acting Public Health Minister Ahmad Jawad Usmani told the ceremony that the attack on the hospital was a matter of great…
KABUL (MoPH), officials said. Wahidullah Majrooh, MoPH’s Service Deputy Head, confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan News that Shafiqullah Shahim was sacked from his position. A source in Presidential Palace, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that the President wanted to…
KABUL (MoPH) has decided to purchase 500 oxygen producing machines from China and announced compelling all local companies to provide oxygen to Covid-19 hospitals. Public Health Minister Ahmad Jawad Usmani said revealed this during a meeting with Kabul governor and…
KABUL (MoPH) has allowed the private sector to diagnose coronavirus in people after the disease affected almost every Afghan family. Acting Health Minister Ahmad Jawad Usmani told reporters here that the Covid-19 disease had spread to every Afghan home and…
