ZARANJ (Pajhwok): The number of drug addicted people has reached 10,000 in southwestern Nimroz province and most of these individuals have returned from Iran after going there for work, an official said on Sunday. Dr. Syed Khalil Kazemi, in charge...
GHAZNI CITY (Pajhwok): Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz has said buildings for 32 health clinics would be constructed soon in southern Ghazni province.
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): A malnutrition treatment center (MTC) has been established at the civil hospital in Zaranj, the capital of southwestern Nimroz province, home to more malnourished children than other provinces. Dr. Khusraw Yousafzai, the provincial...
KABUL (Pajhwok): This year 14 wild poliovirus cases have been recorded only in Afghanistan and Pakistan , a senior UNICEF official said on Monday. As of 9 November 2017, nine cases were detected in Afghanistan and five in Pakistan, the lowest number...
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Eight health clinics have recently stopped delivering services to people in some densely populated districts of southeastern Paktia province, residents and their representatives said on Wednesday.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Inaugurating the Afghanistan Medical Council, President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said medical services offered by the country’s hospitals and clinics didn’t meet people’s needs. “I am not sure who is a doctor and who is not?” Ghani...
SHARANA (Pajhwok): The Taliban militants impede anti-polio vaccination campaign in the districts and capital of southeastern Paktika province, health official said on Wednesday. Wali Gul Kahroti, provincial public health director, said Taliban...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): No positive case of polio has been detected over the past two years in Nangarhar but the risk has increased as people frequently travel through the province to Pakistan . Public health officials expressed the views during the...
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): A second round of the autumn anti-polio vaccination campaign kicked off in southwestern Nimroz province on Sunday, targeting over 100,000 children, the governor said. Governor Mohammad Sami said 1,000 volunteers would administer...
TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): After ‘a serious warning’ from Taliban militants, all health centres in central Uruzgan province have been closed, local residents said on Saturday. Over the past few days, dozens of health centres were shut down in Trinkot, the...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Public Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz on Monday arrived in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province after doctors and druggists went on strike against growing insecurity.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Doctors and druggists have gone on strike in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province to protest what they said increasing incidents of armed robberies, targeted killings and other insecurities. The striking doctors and...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Integrity Watch (IW) called on the leadership of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and the National Unity Government (NUG) to address the shortcomings that were identified by the “ Life Matters: Caring for the Country’s Most...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Twenty-one Afghan children with congenital heart diseases have been provided free medical treatment in China, a news report says. According to Xinhua, the Chinese Red Cross Foundation (CRCF) conducted congenital heart disease...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Public health officials in eastern Nangarhar province said on Sunday efforts had been stepped up to reduce the mother and child mortality rates under a regular programme. The Public Health Department has established a centre at...
BEIJING, China (Pajhwok): Doctors in northwestern China have performed lifesaving surgeries on 17 Afghan children with congenital heart disease, the first of many expected to receive help through an ongoing Red Cross program. A child with congenital...
KABUL (Pajhwok): For the first time ever, Afghan doctors successfully conducted microlaryngeal surgery on a girl child at the Amanullah Khan Hospital in Kabul. The National Directorate of Security ( NDS ) that runs the hospital in a statement said...
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): More than 60 percent of the population in southern Kandahar province lacks access to healthcare services and residents say they have to sometimes travel to Pakistan or India for treatment. While patients from neighboring...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on Afghanistan ’s private health sector during the past one and a half decades, the country’s citizens continue to face many issues when it comes to diagnosing a disease. Many...