Category : Health

Health

New CARE research reveals COVID-19 is compounding barriers to health care for displaced women & girls

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 17, 2021

June 17, 20210389

By: Monitoring Desk “Magnifying Inequalities and Compounding Risks: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Health and Protection of Women and Girls on the Move,” a...

Health

In Afghanistan, COVAX COVID-19 vaccine deliveries make schools safer

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 17, 2021

June 17, 20210564

By: Monitoring Desk On March 8, Afghanistan became the first country in Central Asia to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses through the COVAX Facility, with UNICEF...

Government Health National Politics

Norway to keep field hospital in Kabul in place for rest of 2021

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 16, 2021June 16, 2021

June 16, 2021June 16, 20210366

KABUL: Norway announced it would run the field hospital in Kabul for the rest of the year – that is, even after NATO has withdrawn...

Health

Afghans call for end to war as country struggles with spike in COVID cases

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 15, 2021

June 15, 20210417

By: Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghans from various walks of life have launched a social media campaign “Stop Afghan War” as the country grapples with mounting...

Health National

Ministry reports 1,804 new COVID-19 cases, 71 deaths in Afghanistan

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 15, 2021

June 15, 20210674

By: The Kabul Times KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday reported 1,804 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 5,070 samples tested in...

Health

Blood transfusion resulting in saving most lives worldwide

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 14, 2021

June 14, 20210494

By: Lailuma Noori World Blood Donor Day takes place on 14 June each year. In May 2005, during 58th World Health Assembly (WHA), ministers of...

Health National Politics

US, Pak embassies in Kabul close consulate section due to COVID outbreak

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 14, 2021June 14, 2021

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By: The Kabul Times KABUL: As the third wave of COVID-19 ravages Afghanistan with rising infections, the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul announced one-week closure time...

Government Health National

Afghanistan sees spike in COVID-19 deaths

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 14, 2021

June 14, 20210460

By: The Kabul Times KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 1,597 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 4,587 samples tested in...

Health

Afghanistan: Oxygen and vaccines urgently needed as Covid-19 infections surge

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 13, 2021

June 13, 20210349

By: Monitoring Desk More than a year into the pandemic, the government’s emergency preparedness remains inadequate. According to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Afghanistan...

Government Health National

President Ghani thanks China for donation of COVID-19 vaccine

Published: by Kabul TimesJune 13, 2021

June 13, 20210350

By: The Kabul Times KABUL: Addressing a ceremony at the presidential palace yesterday, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani thanked People’s Republic of China for donation of...