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Narcotic Production Converts to National Disaster in Afghanistan: Rula Ghani

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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The First lady in Afghanistan Rula Ghani has said,” Narcotic drugs in Afghanistan has converted into a National disaster which needs a National mobilization to push efforts for its eradication.”

She has insisted on media roles for spreading the words and raises the public awareness against such a destruction phenomenon.

Nai supporting open media in Afghanistan head Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar criticized the Government saying when media disclose the involvement of the Governmental officials in drugs cases the Government has not only admire us but also the media is threatened to death by the Governmental officials.

The Afghanistan first lady Rula Ghani in media coordination session to support public outreach on counter Narcotic drugs ,saying violence against Women and raping cases of children are the main factors of Narcotic drugs widely beings used in the country.

Ms. Ghani said,” Production and trafficking of Narcotic drugs in Afghanistan has changed into a National disaster which it does need National mobilization to tackle this issue.”

Meanwhile Minister of counter Narcotic Salamat Azimi said,” we can’t do nothing without the media cooperation in National level.”

Head of the Nai supporting open media in Afghanistan Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar said,” Afghan Military responsible are directly involved in trafficking of Narcotic drugs, reports within media confirmed their involvements on drug trafficking, most of those media who disclosed their involvement were threatened to death by them.”

However Officials in Ministry of Haji , religious affairs and Education to tackle this issue through their curriculum lesson materials to combat Narcotic drugs as seriously.

Based on the statistics of counter Narcotic drugs more than 3 million Afghans are addicted in different Narcotic drugs

The following efforts come after that Afghanistan has been succeeded to the first producer of Narcotic drugs in past several years.

Reported By Abdul Aziz Karimi

 

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Over 1 million women in Afghanistan malnourished last year: WFP

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(Last Updated On: March 29, 2024)

A total of 1.2 million women in Afghanistan were malnourished last year, the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday.

Mona Shaikh, head of nutrition at WFP Afghanistan, said that the number of malnourished women is expected to increase this year.

On malnourished children, she said that their number will reach 3 million this year, but WFP will be able to assist only 1.6 million of them.

WFP warned that after foreign assistance cuts last year, it saw a rise in children’s admissions to malnutrition clinics in Afghanistan.

More than 23 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan this year, according to the United Nations. Over half of them are children.

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Public Health minister meets with head of the UN refugees agency

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(Last Updated On: March 22, 2024)

Dr. Qalandar Ebad, the Minister of Public Health met with Leonard Zulu, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, on Thursday in Kabul to discuss issues facing the health sector in the country.

Among the issues discussed was that of the establishment of new health centers for returnees in the country.

Ebad said the provision of better health services for compatriots and returnees was one of his priorities and requested the cooperation of this organization in this field.

Leonard Zulu assured Ebad of the organization’s continued cooperation.

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Ebad addresses gathering of health sector supporting organizations in Doha

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(Last Updated On: February 29, 2024)

The Minister of Public Health of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Qalandar Ebad on Thursday attended a meeting of health sector-supporting organizations in Doha, Qatar and spoke about the need to focus on certain areas of healthcare in the country.

In his speech, Ebad spoke of work needed to reform the health system, joint supervision, self-sufficiency of the health sector, standardization of health services at village and district level and provision of all-round health services.

He asked international colleagues in the field of health to work more on reducing administrative costs and delivering aid in a proper and correct manner.

Ebad said that if excessive administrative expenses are prevented, it will have a positive effect on the expenses in the field of health services.

He also emphasized that the release of the country’s frozen assets would be beneficial for the health sector especially for mothers and children.

It is a big and positive step for the independence of Afghanistan’s health system, development and standardization of health services, which should be taken by the international community, he said.

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