URUZGAN (SW) – The health officials of Uruzgan province say that after the establishment of a number of medical centers in the remote areas of this province in cooperation with the aid agencies, the maternal and infant mortality rate has decreased in this province.
KUNDUZ (SW) – A number of residents of the Qala-e Zal district of Kunduz province say that the hospital in this district has a capacity of 10 beds, which is not enough for the patients. They complain about the lack of standard equipment in the Qala-e-Zal district hospital and say that for years, they have been transferring most of their patients to the Kunduz center for treatment.
MAIDAN WARDAK (SW) – A woman in Maidan Wardak province has given birth to quadruplets on Tuesday, in the provincial hospital.
KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Afghanistan has announced that 160,000 cases of acute respiratory diseases were registered in Afghanistan last month.
KABUL (SW) – Consumption of low-quality foods causes most Afghan citizens to suffer from various diseases.
KABUL (SW) – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that most training for future female healthcare workers has stopped in Afghanistan following the Islamic Emirate’s ban on secondary education for women and girls.
TAKHAR (SW) – Lack of health services and facilities, and unfriendly behavior of the medical staff has left residents of Takhar’s Rostaq district in disarray.
ISLAMABAD (SW) – In the wake of recent political changes in Afghanistan, a growing number of Afghan women who sought refuge in Pakistan are turning to abortion due to challenges in their immigration cases.
KABUL (SW) – The first polio diagnosis laboratory has been established in Kabul city, with the aim of detecting samples of the poliovirus in Afghanistan.
KABUL (SW) – Officials from the Ministry of Public Health (MPH) have reported that during one month, a significant number of individuals, exceeding more than one million, sought medical attention in hospitals due to respiratory diseases.
KABUL (SW) – On World Cancer Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a report forecasting a rapid increase in the number of people affected by cancer globally by 2050.
GHAZNI CITY (SW) – A number of doctors and medical staff in Ghazni Regional Hospital have mentioned a significant reduction in their salaries, saying that it has caused them to face a difficult economic situation.
