Based on last year’s data, 52 percent of people with mental disorders in Afghanistan are women, the Ministry of Public Health said. However, after the Islamic...
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...
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...
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...
The Ministry of Public Health, in cooperation with international institutions, on Monday launched the second sub-national polio vaccination campaign for 2024. The campaign runs in different...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that since the beginning of 2024, more than 286,000 individuals have been afflicted with respiratory diseases across Afghanistan, among...
Acting health minister Qalandar Ebad, met Tuesday with the representative of the United Nations Population Fund in Afghanistan for discussions on bolstering the country’s healthcare infrastructure....
Acting Minister of Public Health Qalandar Ebad has said that the country’s health sector needs 75 percent female workers to provide health services to women. Speaking...
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that in the last two weeks, 84,000 cases of acute respiratory diseases have been registered in Afghanistan. Between January 1...
Officials in the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday announced that in the last two years, more than 32,000 people visited health facilities for cancer. They...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has reported that malaria remains a public health concern as 27% of Afghans live in areas where there is a...
A polio vaccination campaign has been launched in 21 provinces and will reach more than 7.5 million children under the age of five, the Ministry of...
Badakhshan Public Health Directorate has announced a 95 percent reduction in measles cases among children in the province. The directorate officials said that 546 positive measles...
A new 20-bed hospital, overseen by the 209th Army Corps in Mazar-e-Sharif city, in northern Balkh province, has been officially inaugurated. According to a statement, this...
The Islamic Development Bank has committed $1.1 million to enhance maternal and childcare health services in Bamyan province of Afghanistan, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on...
Nangarhar public health officials say a seven-day polio vaccination campaign has kicked off in Nangarhar, Laghman and Kunar provinces. Nangarhar Department of Public Health Exemption Officer...
The influx of Afghan returnees from Pakistan significantly increases the risk of cross-border poliovirus spread as well as spread within the two countries, the World Health...
Acting Minister of Public Health Qalandar Ebad left Kabul for Malaysia on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement. The health ministry stated that the goal...
The United Nations says that every two hours a woman dies in Afghanistan due to complications during pregnancy or while giving birth. Addressing a press conference,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said in a report that since the beginning of this year, 2,513 deaths due to acute respiratory diseases have been...
