Seven million people die yearly worldwide due to air pollution, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. On its twitter page, the organization wrote that 99 percent of the world’s population now breathed polluted air. “Around seven…
The World Health Organization says it has mobilized US$10.5 million under the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) 3rd Reserve Allocation (RA) 2022 for provision of life-saving winter assistance that targets 1.1 million people in 26 provinces. In a report…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said over 86.7 million doses of oral polio vaccine administered to over nine million children in Afghanistan since November 2021. On its Twitter handle the organization wrote: “We’ve administered more than 86.7…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on the World Suicide Prevent Day says that more than 700,000 people commit suicide around the globe annually. WHO tweeted: “Today is World Suicide Prevention Day An estimated 703,000 people a year take…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the international monkeypox outbreak a global emergency. The WHO decision, marking the highest level of alert, underlines growing international concerns about the fast-spreading infections triggered by the virus. Over 16,500 cases…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says at least 1,036 people have been killed, 2,949 more wounded in last week’s earthquake in Afghanistan. WHO published this causality report based on information from Afghanistan’s Public Health Ministry. But the ministry…
WHO announced on Sunday dispatching mobile health teams, ambulances, trauma kits, surgical and other emergency supplies to treat the individuals injured by deadly quake in southeastern Afghanistan. The earthquake on June 22 killed more than 800 people, injured…
The World Health Organization (WHO) will soon deliver monkeypox test kits to Afghanistan, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) says. A private TV channel quoted an official as saying that Afghanistan’s health sector was currently without kits for…
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF are holding a high-level meeting on interim priorities for the health sector in Afghanistan over the next 18-24 months. Beginning today (Tuesday) in Doha, the capital of Qatar, the meeting would…
World Health Organization (WHO) has provided a PCR machine worth $150,000 to provincial hospital of southeastern Paktika province. Dr. IsmatullahHikmat, director of public health, told Pajhwok Afghan News with the machine availability patients do not need to go…
Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to cooperate with Afghanistan in treating cancer patients and provide Omicron diagnostic kits to Afghanistan. EnamullahSamangani, deputy spokesman of the government, on Tuesday tweeted…
The World Health Organization (WHO) says an unprecedented opportunity is available to end polio virus in Afghanistan to free the world from polio virus. On its twitter handler, WHO said: “With only four cases of wild poliovirus reported…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has provided necessary equipment to 40 Covid-19 Hospitals in Afghanistan. Earlier, the Ministry of Public Health said of 38 Covid-19 Hospitals in the country, 17 were functional while 21 others were not functional.…
About 3.2 million Afghan children under 5 may suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the current year, warns the World Health Organization (WHO). With health workers unpaid for eight months, the WHO also voiced its concern…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said that it has delivered a consignment of medical equipment in cooperation with the Qatari government to capital Kabul. World Health Organization in a tweet said that the shipment of medical…
World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday said that 186 metric tons of health supplies arrived in Afghanistan in the last two months that can help 2.5 million people in the country. WHO in a tweet today said that…
The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said that the United Nations and World Health Organization (WHO) have promised to seek support for the Afghanistan’s health sector on international level. A statement from MoPH received by Pajhwok…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned Afghanistan’s health system is teetering on the verge of collapse. Unless urgent action was initiated, the country faced an imminent humanitarian catastrophe, the UN health organisation said in a statement on…
An aircraft carrying around 23 metric tonnes of life-saving medicines and supplies from World Health Organisation (WHO) landed in Kabul on Monday afternoon, according to a statement. The shipment, which is among the first humanitarian aid to arrive…
KABUL Organization (WHO) worker died from coronavirus in northern Takhar province on Saturday, an official said. Masomah Jafari, deputy spokeswoman for the Ministry of Public Health, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Zamanuddin Shams, a WHO employee in the polio eradication…
KABUL, a statement said. The statement said Minister of Public Health (MoPH) Dr. Ahmad Jawad Usmani held a meeting with Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative for Afghanistan today (Tuesday). During the meeting Dr. Usmani informed Peeperkon about the ministry’s priorities in…
KABUL Organisation has warned. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued the warning on Wednesday, amidst mounting coronavirus deaths and infections across the globe. At a virtual news conference on Wednesday, Tedros said: “Make no mistake: We have a long way…
KABUL Organization (WHO) has declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic -- for which most people do not have immunity. WHO Director Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the number of coronavirus cases outside China had increased 13 times in two…
KABUL and withdrawing their security guarantee, citing a complicated situation in the country. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement on Thursday said the situation in Afghanistan was complicated due to the intensified conflict. He said some aid organizations did…
