A sophisticated machine for tuberculosis diagnosis within an hour has been activated in a district hospital in northern Takhar province. Dr. Abdul Qahar Ahmadi, director of public health, said the machine was had been installed at a cost…
At least 20 died of Tuberculosis (TB) in central Daikundi province last year, an official said on Thursday. Sayed Ishaq Hussaini, head of controlling and preventing TB in the provincial hospital, revealed the figures while addressing an event…
World Tuberculosis Day was observed in northern Samangan on Tuesday, with officials reporting 21 deaths from the disease in the past one year in the province. The Provincial Public Health Department says the World Tuberculosis Day was celebrated…
A number of people suffering from drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in western Badghis province are pleased with activation of a DR-TB treatment ward in the provincial hospital. . According to reports, thousands of people get infected with TB every…
Over 1,615 positive cases of Tuberculosis were registered in northwestern Badghis province last year, with 12 patients dying, according to health officials on Wednesday. Shafiq Ahmad Sultani, Tuberculosis Laboratories Head at the Public Health Department, said: “In 2021, 1,616 positive…
At least 11,000 people lost their lives to tuberculosis (TB) and more than 50,000 others contracted the disease last year in Afghanistan, an official said on Tuesday. Dr. Khan Mohammad Mangal, director of the National TB Prevention Programme,…
Local officials in northeastern Badakhshan province on Sunday marking the World Tuberculosis Day said that over 1,000 cases of TB were registered in the province in the last one year. Dr. Qutbuddin Baromand, in charge of TB section…
Gul Paida, a 45 years old woman, who is a drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) patient and is currently under treatment at Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) hospital in southern Kandahar province, narrates her story. Gul Paida, who suffered for…
Local health, have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in southern Ghazni province. Provincial public health director Dr. Zahir Shah Nikmal told Pajhwok Afghan News 1,564 people, 65 percent of them, women in Ghazni suffered from TB. “This…
Hundreds of tuberculosis cases were recorded in southern Kandahar province last solar year officials said on Monday. The tuberculosis section head at the provincial Public Health Department, Dr. Fateh Mohammad Azizi, told Pajhwok Afghan News they registered…
KABUL Minister Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz said on Tuesday Tuberculosis treatment services have been increased by 97 percent in the country. “As a result of joint efforts and implementation of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) strategies, the detection rate of…
Local health. The health officials expressed these views during a meeting marking the World Tuberculosis Day in Kandahar City, the provincial capital. Mohammad Hussain Akrami, public health department official responsible for controlling tuberculosis, said 2,098 cases of…
