World Health Day marked in Kabul
KABUL: Afghan Ministry of Public Health, the other day, commemorated the International Health Day (WHD) that falls on April 7 annually. The main theme of...
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Health sector still facing challenges despite of progress in Afghanistan
World Health Day is marked globally on 7 April every year. The day is celebrated in Afghanistan at a time when nearly 40 percent of...
Afghan-Pak to continue their fight to get zero cases in polio: Bill Gates
Afghanistan and Pakistan must continue their fight to “get to zero” cases, the philanthropist Bill Gates said on Monday. In a telephone interview with Reuters,...
U.N. program: Polio thriving on ‘unchecked’ Afghanistan-Pakistan border
The United Nations-backed Global Polio Eradication Initiative attributed a recent resurgence of the potentially deadly disease in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, home to the one the...
Polio spreads in Afghanistan and Pakistan ‘due to unchecked borders’
The unmonitored movement of people across the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan threatens efforts to eradicate polio from the two countries, as the year’s first cases of...
Treatment of Vitiligo, Epilepsy with snake and scorpion poison
Hundreds people who are affected by Vitiligo and Epilepsy, refer to a Greek therapist Mohammad Sherzad in Charikar the provincial capital of Parwan province who...
UN: War mine victims triple since 2012 in Afghanistan
The number of victims of landmines and other explosives has tripled since 2012 in Afghanistan, a country that today is suffering a political and social...
Cancer rates on rise in Afghanistan
KABUL: A cancer organization says that the number of Afghans suffering from deadly disease of cancer has recently increased more than any other time. It...
Aryana Sayeed chosen as cancer campaign ambassador
Afghanistan pop singer Aryana Sayeed was chosen by the country’s authorities as goodwill ambassador of cancer awareness campaign on Sunday. Sayeed was given the role...
Women with severe anemia requires comprehensive preventive strategies
The 40 percent risk of maternal mortality concerning women with severe anemia during pregnancy requires comprehensive preventive strategies to be elaborated. Recognized by the WHO...