KABUL (SW) – Doctors at the Indira Gandhi Children’s Health Hospital in Kabul have told Salam Watandar that the number of children suffering from measles has increased by 70% in the last one and a half months.
JALALABAD CITY (SW) – Health officials in Nangarhar report a surge in measles cases within the province.
JALALABAD CITY (SW) – Nangarhar officials say that a mother has given birth to quintuplets. The infants are included one girl and four boys.
POL-E ALAM CITY (SW) – Patients at Naib Aminullah Khan Logari Provincial Hospital in Pol-e Alam City, the center of Logar province, voice concerns about overcrowding, with four individuals hospitalized in each single room due to limited space and medical facilities. They highlight economic challenges preventing them from seeking care at private hospitals.
MONITORING (SW) – South Korea will start deploying military physicians and doctors from public health canters to strike-hit hospitals on Monday to help care for patients affected by the walkout of nearly 12,000 trainee doctors from 100 hospitals over government reform plans.
KABUL (SW) – Thousands of drug addicts are receiving professional training in rehabilitation centers throughout Afghanistan, say officials.
POL-E ALAM CITY (SW) – A number of residents of the center and distant districts of Logar province located in the eastern part of Afghanistan, expressing happiness, say that due to the timely provision of medical services by midwives to mothers, the death rate of mothers and infants has decreased in this province.
POL-E-KHOMRI CITY (SW) – A number of patients’ companions in the public hospital of Baghlan province located in the north of Afghanistan, complain about the lack of health services, saying that they face problems due to a shortage of beds in this hospital.
CHARIKAR (SW) – An evident surge of malformities among the newborn babies has sparked concerns among the residents of Parwan, Kapisa, and Panjshir provinces.
KABUL (SW) – The World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that almost 4 million children and women in Afghanistan will suffer from severe malnutrition in 2024.
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.
