Category: Health

Polio is spreading, warns UNICEF

KABUL (SW) – The United Nations Children’s Fund has expressed concerns about spreading of the polio virus in Afghanistan. After registering three new polio cases

Oxygen production unit installed in Bamyan

BAMYAN (SW) – An oxygen production unit worth $170,000 has been installed at the public hospital in Bamyan. This plant has been donated by the

25 lives lost to COVID-19, says health officials

KABUL (SW) – In the last month and a half, 25 people have died due to corona virus, said health officials. Officials of the Ministry

This year’s first polio infection confirmed in Nangarhar

KABUL (SW) – A new polio virus infection cases has been registered in Nangarhar, said an official on Saturday. The head of the emergency operation

Cancer surgery hospital gets operation in Kabul

KABUL (SW) – The Ministry of Higher Education of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on Wednesday put into operation a center for the treatment of

Dire dearth of health services in Maidan Wardak

MAIDAN CITY (SW) – The dire dearth of health services in remote districts of Maidan Wardak province has been adding to the woes of the

Roadside trade of medicine rampant in Jalalabad

JALALABAD (SW) – In Nangarhar’s capital, Jalalabad city, many people are still selling different types of medicine in non-standard and arbitrarily hand-carts on the road.

Measles outbreak goes unchecked in Parwan

CHARIKAR (SW) – Shazia is a mother whose two young children have been infected with measles and have been admitted to Parwan’s 100-bed specialized hospital

Chronic kidney diseases spiraling across Afghanistan

KABUL (SW) – “I have been diagnosed with kidney failure for about two years. I was in a coma for almost five days. If I

Local pharmaceuticals providing 10% of domestic needs

KABUL (SW) – Officials at the National Food and Drug Authority say that there are 56 pharmaceutical companies operating in Afghanistan, which supply more than

Self-medication and unchecked drug sale in Parwan damaging public’s health

CHARIKAR (SW) – Self-medication and unchecked drug sale in Parwan has been damaging public’s health, said locals. The indiscriminate use of drugs has been going